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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

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a1474baa-6a21-4406-96d1-4c11d9d78691

Record ID

hmsg_66.4762

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