Object Details
Artist
Frank Stella, American, b. Malden, Massachusetts, 1936–2024
Provenance
The artist, New York, to 25 October 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 October 1966-1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
LEO CASTELLI GALLERY, New York. "Frank Stella," 27 September-5 October 1960.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Sixteen Americans," 16 December
1959-14 February 1960, p.79.
PASADENA ART MUSEUM. "Three American Painters," 6 July-3 August
1965.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-, no. 694, p.751.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. "Frank Stella: The Black Paintings,"
23 November 1976-23 January 1977.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 66, ill. p. 108.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Blam! The Explosion of Pop,
Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964," 20 September-2 December 1984, p.159.
STAATSGALERIE STUTTGART. "Frank Stella: Black Paintings 1958-1960/
Cones and Pillars 1984-1987, 20 November 1988-2 December 1989, no.3 , p.126.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dark Matters," 24 January 2012-6 January 2013, unpublished checklist.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Frank Stella: A Retrospective," 30 October 2015-7 February 2016. [did not tour]
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900," 10 July-31 October 2022, no. 29 (color ill.).
Published References
UNSIGNED. Oberlin Bulletin 17:1 (Fall 1959), pp.18-19.
HAMILTON, GEORGE HEARD. "Painting in Contemporary America," Burlington
Magazine 102 (May 1960), fig.9; pp. 195. 197.
RUBIN, WILLIAM S. Frank Stella (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970), pp. 44-45, 156.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York:
Abrams, 1974), p. 477, 751.
WARD, MARY MARTHA. "Frank Stella," Arts Magazine 51/4 (December 1976).
RUBIN, LAWRENCE. Frank Stella Paintings 1958 to 1965: A Catalogue Raisonee (New
York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986) no. 31, p. 10-11, 64.
CARRIER, DAVID. Artwriting (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1987)
pl.16.
WALLOCK, LEONARD ed. New York: Culture Capital of the World 1940-1965:
Essays by Dore Ashton et al. (New York: Rizzoli, 1988)
GIBSON, ERIC. "Museum Pursues New Look," Washington Times, 20 December 1992.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: in association
with Harry N. Abrams, 1996) p. 96.
MEYER, JAMES SIMPSON. Minimalism (London: Phaidon, 2000).
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 248, p. 273.
MEYER, JAMES, et al. The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900 (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2022), fig. 29 (color).
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Date
1959
Accession Number
72.276
Type
Painting
Medium
Enamel on canvas
Dimensions
121 3/8 x 73 1/8 in. (308.1 x 186.1 cm)
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School
Formalist Abstraction
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_72.276