Object Details
Artist
Frank Stella, American, b. Malden, Massachusetts, 1936–2024
Provenance
Galerie Lawrence, Paris, to 11 March 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 March 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
LEO CASTELLI GALLERY, New York. "John Chamberlain-Frank Stella," 16 October-7 November 1962.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington DC. "Twenty-Eighth Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," 18 January-3 March 1963, no.126.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. "The Atmosphere of '64," 1 May-1 June 1964.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "The Responsive Eye," 23 February-25 April 1965, no. 105, ill. p. 24. Tour: CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS, 20 May-20 June; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 15 July-23 August; PASADENA ART MUSEUM, 25 September-7 November; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 14 December-23 January 1966.
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART. "Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960's," 16 February-29 June 2007.
Published References
FRIED, MICHAEL. "New York Letter," Art International, VI/9, 25 November 1962, p.
54.
SEITZ, WILLIAM C. The Responsive Eye (New York: The Museum of Modern Art,
1965) p.24.
TILLIM, SIDNEY. "Optical Art: Pending or Ending," Arts Magazine, 39/4, January
1965, p.22.
SEITZ, WILLIAM C. "The Perceptual Art," Vogue, 15 February 1965, no.2, p.78.
HESS, THOMAS B. "You Can Hang It in the Hall," Art News, 64/2, April 1965, p.42.
PAVIA, PHILLIP. "Polemic on One-Eye Formats," Art News, 65/8, December 1966, p.
29.
LIPPARD, LUCY. "Perverse Perspectives," Art International, XI/3, 20 March 1967,
p.31.
OHFF, HEINZ. Revolution ohne Programm. (Gutersloh, Germany: Galerie der Neuen
Kunste, 1971) p. 130-1.
NEFF, JOHN HALLMARK. "How Contemporary is Modern?" Art News, 78/8, October
1979, p. 175.
RUBIN, LAWRENCE. Frank Stella Paintings 1958 to 1965: A Catalogue Raisonee (New
York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Publishers, 1986) fig. 182, p. 170.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Date
(1962)
Accession Number
66.4762
Type
Painting
Medium
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
Dimensions
77 x 77 1/4 in. (195.6 x 196.2 cm)
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School
Formalist Abstraction
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_66.4762