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Gale Stack
Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio

1988

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Gael Stack Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio, 1988 Woodcut on paper with deckled edges. Hand signed. Numbered. Printer's and Publisher's Blindstamp. Unframed. Hand signed and numbered on the lower recto (front) with printer's and publisher's blindstamp. Edition 38/50 20 × 15 inches Publisher Little Egypt Enterprises, Houston, TX Provenance Art Against AIDS Portfolio, numbered 38/50 This beautiful limited edition woodcut by Gael Stack was published in 1988 as part of the Art Against Aids portfolio, numbered 38/50. Superb provenance as it is was acquired from the original Art Against AIDS Portfolio published in Houston, Texas. This will be the first time the work will be removed from the portfolio. The late 1980s was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and this was one of many efforts by the creative community to raise funds to assist in fighting this deadly scourge that disproportionately affected the artistic community. Measurements: 20 x 15 inches (sheet) 8 1/4 x 12 inches(image) The complete Art Against AIDS Portfolio is comprised of 10 prints, in black and white and color, from 10 artists. About Gael Stack: Gael Stack is a Texas painter. She lives in Houston and has work in the permanent collections of several museums. Stack has worked as a professor at the University of Houston, serving as the art school's director in 2004 and 2005. Stack was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. In 1970, she received a BFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and in 1972, an MFA from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Stack moved to Houston in 1973. Stack was honored with the Moores Professorship in 1999 and served as the Director of the University of Houston's school of art from 2004 to 2005. She was a single mother raising two sons and the feminist movement resonated with her, influencing her "to have her art reflect her reality." However, critic Alison de Lima Greene emphasizes that her art is not just autobiographical, but it is also very literary, borrowing motifs from other paintings and stories. Stack is interested in exploring "language and its limits" and epicting moments in human life through her art. Her work is collected by the Beaux Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Dallas Museum of Art, the San Antonio Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Blanton Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Gael Stack's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with attending critical attention. Group exhibitions include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Exxon series and Selections from the Exxon Series), the Dallas Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum, the Blanton Museum, Austin, Texas, Yale University Art Gallery, the Menil Collection, Stedman/Hubbard Gallery, Paris, France, the Krannert Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Federal Reserve Bank, Houston, the Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, Amarillo Art Center, Janie C. Lee Master drawings, New York, the San Antonio Museum of Art, and the Tamarind Institute.
  • Creator:
    Gale Stack (1941, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1988
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745214018092
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