Frank Stella - Editions Contemporary: Online Auction New York Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | Phillips
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    Frank Stella

    American • 1936 - N/A

    One of the most important living artists, Frank Stella is recognized as the most significant painter that transitioned from Abstract Expressionism to Minimalism. He believes that the painting should be the central object of interest rather than represenative of some subject outside of the work. Stella experimented with relief and created sculptural pieces with prominent properties of collage included. Rejecting the normalities of Minimalism, the artist transformed his style in a way that inspired those who had lost hope for the practice. Stella lives in Malden, Massachusetts and is based in New York and Rock Tavern, New York.

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Then Came Death and Took the Butcher, from Illustrations after El Lissitzsky's Had Gadya

1984
Lithograph, linocut and screenprint in colors with hand-coloring and collage, on wove paper, the full sheet.
S. 58 1/2 x 47 1/4 in. (148.6 x 120 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 31/60 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Waddington Graphics, London, with pinpoint abrasions at the center right black triangle, a soft crease at the upper left sheet corner, not examined out of the frame, otherwise presumably in good condition, framed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $10,000

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