Frank Stella

Acquired from the artist by the present owner

London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Frank Stella, April - May 2003

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few nicks, superficial scratches and spots of media accretion which are in keeping with the artist's choice of media and working process. All other surface irregularities and oxidation are likely to be original.
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“The paintings got sculptural because the forms got more complicated. I’ve learned to weave in and out. The earlier pieces themselves are stiff, while the recent pieces are individually more manipulated. They are more complex to begin with, but their organization, the way they end up being put together, isn’t that different. You can’t shake your own sensibility. No matter what the concept is, the artist’s eye decides when it’s right; which is a notion of sensibility.”

FRANCK STELLA
in conversation with Saul Ostrow, BOMB Magazine, 2000, online