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FRANK STELLA | Thruxton 3X
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Sold
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Description
- Frank Stella
- Thruxton 3X
- oil, oilstick, glitter and lacquer on etched magnesium
- 75 by 81 1/2 by 15 in. 190.5 by 207 by 38.1 cm.
- Executed in 1982.
Provenance
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Private Collection, Honolulu (acquired from the above in May 1983)
Christie's, New York, 17 May 2007, Lot 202
Private Collection, Seattle
Private Collection, New York
Dunbar Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 2013
Private Collection, Honolulu (acquired from the above in May 1983)
Christie's, New York, 17 May 2007, Lot 202
Private Collection, Seattle
Private Collection, New York
Dunbar Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 2013
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Frank Stella: 1970-1987, October 1987 - August 1989, p. 108, illustrated
Catalogue Note
"The gradual change from planar surfaces to more volumetric surfaces is a topological problem, basically the exploration of more intricate or more complicated surfaces to be worked on, i.e. painted on. The expansion of surfaces available to abstraction is what has kept me going."
Frank Stella
Frank Stella