Frank Stella: A Retrospective

Exhibition works

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Empress of India, 1965. Metallic powder in polymer emulsion on canvas. 77 × 224 in. (195.6 × 569 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of S. I. Newhouse, Jr. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

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  Frank Stella, Die Fahne hoch!, 1959. Enamel on canvas, 121 5/8 x 72 13/16 in. (308.9 x 184.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Schwartz and purchase with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Charles and Anita Blatt Fund, Peter M. Brant, B. H. Friedman, the Gilman Foundation, Inc., Susan Morse Hilles, The Lauder Foundation, Frances and Sydney Lewis, the Albert A. List Fund, Philip Morris Incorporated, Sandra Payson, Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht Saalfield, Mrs. Percy Uris, Warner Communications Inc., and the National Endowment for the Arts 75.22. © 2015 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image © Whitney Museum

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Effingham II, 1966. Acrylic on canvas. 127 1/2 × 132 × 4 in. (323.9 × 335.3 × 10.2 cm). The Glass House, A Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Marrakech, 1964. Fluorescent alkyd on canvas. 77 × 77 × 2 7/8 in. (195.6 × 195.6 × 7.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull, 1971 (1971.5). © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Grajau I, 1975. Paint and laquer on aluminum. 82 × 132 in. (208.3 × 335.3 cm). The Glass House, A Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Harran II, 1967. Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas. 120 × 240 in. (304.8 × 609.6 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; gift, Mr. Irving Blum, 1982 © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Eskimo Curlew, 1976. Litho crayon, etching, lacquer, ink, glass, acrylic paint, and oilstick on aluminum. 8 ft. 2.75 in x 10 ft. 7 in. (2.5 × 3.2 m). Portland Art Museum, Portland, Ore.; museum purchase: funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vollum. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Moultonville II, 1966. Fluorescent alkyd and epoxy paint on canvas, 124 × 86 × 4 in. (315 × 218.4 × 10.2 cm). Audrey and David Mirvish. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Michael Cullen

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Raft of the Medusa (Part I), 1990. Aluminum and steel. 167 × 163 × 159 in. (424.2 × 414 × 403.9 cm). The Glass House, A Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Plant City, 1963. Zinc chromate on canvas. 8 ft. 6.5 in x 8 ft. 6.5 in (2.6 × 2.6 m). Philadelphia Museum of Art; gift of Agnes Gund in memory of Anne of Harnoncourt, 2008. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), Chocorua IV, 1966. Fluorescent alkyd and epoxy paint on canvas, 120 × 128 × 4 in. (304.8 × 325.1 × 10.2 cm). Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund, a gift from Judson and Carol Bemis, Class of 1976, and gifts from the Lathrop Fellows, in honor of Brian P. Kennedy, Director of the Hood Museum of Art, 2005–2010. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936) , Gobba, zoppa e collotorto, 1985. Oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, acrylic, and printing ink on etched magnesium and aluminum. 137 × 120 1/8 × 34 3/8 in. (348 × 305 × 87.5 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund; Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment 1986.93. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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  Frank Stella (b.1936), The Whiteness of the Whale (IRS-1, 2X), 1987. Paint on aluminum, 149 × 121 3/4 × 45 1/4 in. (375.5 × 309.2 × 114.9 cm). Private collection. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b.1936), Jasper’s Dilemma, 1962. Alkyd on canvas, 77 × 154 in. (195.6 × 391.2 cm). Collection of Irma and Norman Braman, Miami Beach. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Frank Stella (b. 1936), K.144, 2013. ABS RPT with stainless steel, 80 × 97 × 53 in. (203.2 × 246.4 × 134.6 cm). Collection Martin Z. Margulies. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York