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Why is Frank Stella important?
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Frank Stella is important because he was one of the central figures in postwar American art and influenced later artists as a proponent of minimalism and non-representational abstraction. Stella felt that paintings on canvas were objects in their own right, like sculptures. This led him to reject certain formal conventions, eschewing sketches and often using nontraditional materials, like house paint. His approach to art impacted the work of Clement Greenberg, Carl Andre, Kenneth Noland and many others. Find a collection of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.
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Frank Stella - Exotic bird card, Signed in black marker by Frank Stella, Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph postcard
Hand signed in black marker by Frank Stella
Provenance: Obtained directly from the artist by the present owner
This signed card depicts Frank Stella's 1977...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Postcard
Art Card: Frank Stella The Fossil Whale (Hand Signed by Frank Stella), Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph card
Hand signed and dated '93 by Frank Stella on the front
Gorgeous card depicting abstract expressionist artist Frank Stella's "The Fossil Whale" on the front cov...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Postcard
Frank Stella, Whitney Museum exhibited graphic work with Label, Signed/N, Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella
(Whitney Museum Exhibited) Shards IVA (Axsom 151), 1982
Lithograph & Silkscreen on Arches Cover Paper (Whitney Museum exhibition label verso of frame)
45 1/2 × 39 1/...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125)
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125) lithograph and screen-printed on 320-gram Arches Cover Paper and published by Petersburg Press, NY. by acclaimed American artist, Frank Stella (b. ...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A tour de force of late 20th-century printmaking, Frank Stella print The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, 1993, is among the most visually complex and ambitious compositions fro...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Mixed Media
Sinjerli Variation Ia
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
From the artist's Sinjerli Variations series created in 1977, Frank Stella created this original print as a lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arches paper. Hand-signed in penci...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
