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

Details

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.

Provenance

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

Literature

P. Leider, “Shakespearean Fish,” Art in America, vol. 78, no. 10, October 1990, pp. 177, 180 and 187 (illustrated).
Frank Stella Arte e Architettura, exh. cat., Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1993, p. 310 (illustrated).
R. K. Wallace, Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words & Shapes, Ann Arbor, 2000, p. 94, cat. no. 118, pl. 47 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"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

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

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