Joseph Stella

Prestidigitator
c. 1916

A vibrant abstract painting featuring geometric shapes and a central figure resembling a lamp with a colorful, patterned shade. The background is dark, contrasting with the bright colors of the lamp and other shapes. The artwork is framed in a simple wooden frame.

A vibrant abstract painting featuring geometric shapes and a central figure resembling a lamp with a colorful, patterned shade. The background is dark, contrasting with the bright colors of the lamp and other shapes. The artwork is framed in a simple wooden frame.

Not on view

Date
c. 1916

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil, metal wire, and paper on glass

Dimensions
Overall: 13 3/8 × 8 9/16in. (34 × 21.7 cm)

Accession number
85.29

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Daisy V. Shapiro Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2975

Exhibitions

At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism

May 7, 2022–Feb 26, 2023
American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014

Joseph Stella
21 works in the collection

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