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Frank Stella (1936 Malden, Massachusetts)

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€ 4 500
Auction dateClassic
26.11.2022 13:00UTC +02:00
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WETTMANN | Auktionshaus an der Ruhr
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Germany, Mülheim an der Ruhr
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Lot 99 | Frank Stella (1936 Malden, Massachusetts)
Frank Stella (1936 Malden, Massachusetts)
'Star of Persia II', Farblithografie auf Vellum, 66,5 cm x 81 cm Blattmaß, signiert, 67 datiert, AP IV/X nummeriert, Trockenstempel mit Copyrightzeichen, Trockenstempel II nummeriert, montiert, Provenienz: Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston (verso Galerieetikett); Literatur: Wvz. Axsom 2; Gemini 47.

Frank Stella wurde 1936 geboren und studierte an der Princeton University. Er gilt als bedeutender amerikanischer Künstler, der sich der Farbfeldmalerei schon seit den späten 50er/ frühen 60er Jahre - bis heute - widmet. In seinem Schaffen ging Stella von schwarzen und metallenen Streifen zu leuchtend farbigen und komplexen geometrischen Formen über. In seine 'shaped canvases' übertrug er das rhythmische Prinzip seiner Farbformen auf die Leinwand, wodurch ihm eine Neuerung der Abstrakten Kunst gelang. Es entstehen objekthafte Wandbilder in Halbkreis-, Rechteck-, oder Rautenform, geradezu monumentaler Größe. Form und Farbe werden vom Künstler ausgelotet, bis er sich sogar mit Objekten aus dem 3D-Drucker ausprobiert. Der Stern ist dabei in seinen geometrischen Eigenarten immer wieder eine Form, die Frank Stella gerne - aber wohl nicht wegen seines eigenen Namens - aufgreift. Vielmehr wohl wegen der Vitalität in Rhythmik und Dynamik, genauso wegen der geradlinigen Weise, wie die Linien aus allen Richtungen zusammenlaufen und ebenso wieder aus der Mitte heraus entfliehen.




Frank Stella (1936 Malden, Massachusetts)
'Star of Persia II', colour lithograph on vellum, 66.5 cm x 81 cm sheet dimension, signed, 67 dated, AP IV/X numbered, dry stamp with copyright mark, dry stamp II numbered, mounted, Provenance: Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston (gallery label on verso), Literature: Axsom 2; Gemini 47.

Frank Stella was born in 1936 and studied at Princeton University. He is regarded as an important American artist who has devoted himself to colour field painting since the late 1950s/early 1960s - until today. In his work, Stella moved from black and metallic stripes to brightly coloured and complex geometric forms. In his 'shaped canvases' he transferred the rhythmic principle of his colour shapes to the canvas, through this, achieving an innovation in abstract art. He created object-like murals in the shape of semicircles, rectangles or rhomboids, almost monumental in size. Shape and colour are explored by the artist until he even tries to work with objects from the 3D-printer. The star, with its geometric peculiarities, is always a form that Frank Stella likes to take up - but probably not because of his own name. Rather, it is probably because of the vitality of its rhythm and dynamics, as well as the straightforward way in which the lines converge from all directions and escape from the centre again.

Artist:Frank Stella (1936)
Auction house category:Prints & Multiples
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