Frank Stella

Polar Co-ordinates I

1980

Abstract artwork with overlapping leaf shapes in green, orange, red, and purple, outlined by curved grid lines.
Abstract artwork with overlapping leaf shapes in green, orange, red, and purple, outlined by curved grid lines.

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Date
1980

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph and screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 38 7/16 × 37 15/16in. (97.6 × 96.4 cm)

Accession number
2015.122.1

Edition
75/100 | 20 APs, 15 CTPs (I-XV hand painted for mixed-media images), 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/47217

Part of a series:
Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson
8 works

Abstract artwork with overlapping leaf shapes in green, orange, red, and purple, outlined by curved grid lines.
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Abstract painting with intersecting curved shapes in red, green, yellow, and blue on a gold background with grid lines.
Colorful abstract drawing with four large leaf shapes in red, green, gold, and gray on a dotted background.
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Frank Stella
106 works in the collection, 16 exhibitions

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