Frank Stella (B. 1936)
Lot 46 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST COAST ESTATE

Frank Stella (B. 1936)

Stubb kills a Whale (IRS-7, 1.875X)

Closed3 March 2017

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USD 751,500

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Frank Stella (B. 1936)
Stubb kills a Whale (IRS-7, 1.875X)
acrylic and enamel on aluminum
113 x 103 x 44 in. (287 x 261.6 x 111.7 cm.)
Executed in 1988.

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private collection, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991

Specialist note

"No art is any good unless you can feel how it’s put together. By and large it’s the eye, the hand and if it’s any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist’s body; you can really lean on it." – Frank Stella