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Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
Lot 126

Joseph Stella (1877-1946)

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Closed28 October 2020

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USD 9,375

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Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
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signed 'Joseph Stella' (upper right)
pastel on paper
7 7/8 x 7 ¼ in. (20 x 18.4 cm.)
Executed in 1917.

Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York.
Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

World War I and its new Machine Age technologies inspired the foundational artistic movements of the Modernist genre, emphasizing sharp lines and geometric, manmade motifs. The present example, an abstraction of modern warfare, reveals these influences and anticipates the industrial imagery for which Joseph Stella became known, particularly his Precisionist portrayals of the Brooklyn Bridge of the 1920s.