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FRANK STELLA (B. 1936)
Lot 37 PROPERTY OF A LOS ANGELES COLLECTION

FRANK STELLA (B. 1936)

River of Ponds IV, from Newfoundland Series

Closed25 July 2014

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FRANK STELLA (B. 1936)
River of Ponds IV, from Newfoundland Series
signed, dated and numbered '45/70 F. Stella '71' in pencil (in the lower margin)
lithograph on Special Arjomari paper
38 x 38 in. (96.5 x 96.5 cm.)
Executed in 1971. Published by Gemini, G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse. This work is number forty-five from the edition of seventy.

Specialist note

'In order to maintain a precision of line that would not be jeopardized by the stretching of paper during lithographic printing, outlines surrounding the segmented shapes were screenprinted. These lines and the white interstices, which do not appear in the paintings [series of the same name], boldly separate the color shapes, establishing tensions between their strict bounding of forms and the aggressive optical play of the colors.'
(R. Axsom The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonné 1967-1982, p. 76.)