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Object Details

Artist

Frank Stella, American, b. Malden, Massachusetts, 1936–2024

Provenance

Purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1985

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC. Recent Acquisitions: 1983-1986, 17 November 1986-1 March 1987, p. 8.

Published References

PONS-SEGUIN, GERARD and RUPERT SCHMID and DANIEL TEMPLON.
ArtStudio (Promotional Material) no.1, 1986, Paris, cover.
UNSIGNED. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1985,"
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no.1406, (March 1986), p.43.
RUBIN, WILLIAM STANLEY. Frank Stella: 1980-1987 (New York: Museum of
Modern Art, 1987). (No indication that it was in the exhibition, just that it was reproduced for the book.)
LYON, CHRISTOPHER. "Frank Stella's Working Space," The Museum of Modern Art
Members Quarterly (Fall 1987) p.1, 4.
UNSIGNED. "The State of Museums," Museum News, March/April 1988, cover.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. Toward Civilization: Overview from a
Report on Arts Education (May 1988) p.32.
BARRAT, JOHN. "Frank Stella Papers Enhance Archives of American Art Collections,"
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports no. 75 (Winter 1994) p. 3.
HELLER, NANCY G. Why a Painting is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and
Enjoying Modern Art (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002).
*Visit a Museum with Your Own Way, an Asian Publication, p.66.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1985

Date

1985

Accession Number

85.29

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil, urethane enamel, flourescent alkyd, acrylic and printing ink on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum and fiberglass

Dimensions

163 3/4 × 179 1/2 × 21 1/8 in. (415.9 × 455.9 × 53.6 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Formalist Abstraction

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2d745bd9a-60be-4d91-a6af-10359a02948d

Record ID

hmsg_85.29

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