Frank Stella

Shards III

1982

Abstract artwork with swirling lines, geometric shapes, and overlapping patterns in brown, yellow, red, and blue colors.
Abstract artwork with swirling lines, geometric shapes, and overlapping patterns in brown, yellow, red, and blue colors.

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Date
1982

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph and screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 45 1/4 × 39 5/8in. (114.9 × 100.6 cm)

Accession number
2015.123.3

Edition
25/100 | 20 APs, 10 TPs, 1 RTP, 4 PPIIs

Publication
Printed and published by Petersburg Press

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Robert W. Wilson

Rights and reproductions
© Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/47214

Part of a series:
Shards
5 works

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Abstract artwork with swirling lines, geometric shapes, and overlapping patterns in brown, yellow, red, and blue colors.
Colorful abstract shapes, lines, and patterns overlap on a red and orange background with a small gray square.
Abstract artwork with colorful shapes, lines, and patterns overlapping on a green and white grid background.

Frank Stella
106 works in the collection, 16 exhibitions

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