Frank Stella (B. 1936)
Lot 610 Property from an Important American Collection

Frank Stella (B. 1936)

The Waxford Girl

Closed18 May 2017

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USD 50,000

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Frank Stella (B. 1936)
The Waxford Girl
incised with the artist's signature, numbered and dated 'F. Stella 85 2/3' (on the underside)
shoe polish and enamel on cast steel
22 3/4 x 22 x 12 in. (57.8 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1985. This work is number two from an edition of three.

M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985

Specialist note

“Stella is a revolutionary: fearless, persistent, stubborn, but always original. While his art is inspired by—and even embraces—influences from literature, music, science, history, and current events, his project is singular and herculean: the interrogation and reinvention of painting for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”

M. Price and A. Weinberg, “Foreword,” Frank Stella: A Retrospective, exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2015, p. vii.