Joseph Stella

Adriatic Figs
c. 1938

A mixed media collage featuring a central vintage label that reads "ADRIATIC FIGS" from the 1937 crop, packed by R. FAIR in Modesto, California. The label is affixed to a background with abstract patterns and smudges in red and brown tones. The collage includes layers of torn paper and is bordered by strips of duct tape. Handwritten text at the bottom appears to read "carte dorate argento."

A mixed media collage featuring a central vintage label that reads "ADRIATIC FIGS" from the 1937 crop, packed by R. FAIR in Modesto, California. The label is affixed to a background with abstract patterns and smudges in red and brown tones. The collage includes layers of torn paper and is bordered by strips of duct tape. Handwritten text at the bottom appears to read "carte dorate argento."

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Date
c. 1938

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 15 15/16in. (35.6 × 40.5 cm)

Accession number
79.66.61

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weiss

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2976

Exhibitions

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014

Joseph Stella
21 works in the collection

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