Lot 8
  • 8

Frank Stella

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Frank Stella
  • The Copper Series (Six Works) (AXSOM 40-45)
  • each signed, numbered and dated 70
  • lithograph in colours on Special Arjomari paper
  • 16 x 22 inches
title (Axsom catalogue number) and edition number: 
(i) Creed II (A. 40), numbered 19/70
(ii) Lake City (A. 41), numbered 19/75 
(iii) Telluride (A. 42), numbered 19/75
(iv) Pagosa Springs (A. 43), numbered 19/75
(v) Ouay (A. 44), numbered 19/70
(vi) Ophir (A. 45), numbered 19/75

Literature

Richard H. Axsom, The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonné 1967-1982, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1983, pp. 47, 66-70, ill.
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Gemini G.E.L.: Graphik und Objekte, Düsseldorf, 1971, p. 47, ill.
Gemini G.E.L., Online Catalogue Raisonné, www.nga.gov/gemini/home.htm, cat.no. 51.51-51.56, ill.

Condition

All framed under Plexiglas. (i) Creed II: hinged at the top left, top right corners and the top centre. Slight undulation to the top edge, and accretion to the extreme lower left corner. In good condition. (ii) Lake City: hinged at the top 2 corners; slight undulation to the top edge. In good condition. (iii) Telluride: hinged at the top 2 corners; slight undulation to the top edge. Slight fraying to the top 2 corners. A very faint vertical hairline pencil mark, measuring 4cm, running from the top edge, 20 cm from the right edge. (iv) Pagosa Springs: hinged at the top 2 corners; slight undulation to the top edge. In good condition. (v) Ouay: hinged at the top 2 corners; slight undulation to the top edge. In good condition. (vi) Ophir: hinged at the top 2 corners; slight undulation to the top edge, with minor fraying to the top right corner. A flyspeck of paper attached to the extreme lower left corner. In good condition.
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