Robert Indiana

The New Glory Penny from The American Dream Portfolio

1997

Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking on Rising 4-ply museum board 54 x 69 in (137.16 x 175.26 cm)

Silkscreen in colors on Rising 4-ply Museum Board 60 x 60 in (152.40 x 152.40 cm)

Silkscreen in colors on Rising 4-ply Museum Board 60 x 60 in (152.40 x 152.40 cm)

Lithograph, linocut, screenprint in colors with collage and hand coloring on T.H. Saunders and Somerset papers 59 x 47.25 in Frank Stella Then Came Death and Took the Butcher, 1984 is the tenth installment in the artist’s Illustrations After El Lissitsky’s Had Gadya Series. In 1919, Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky created a series of gouaches illustrating the traditional Jewish Passover song, Had Gadya (Only Kid). After seeing these artworks in the Tel Aviv Museum in 1981, Stella was fascinated by their movement and vibrancy of the simplified, graphic forms. This work recalls the post-painterly abstraction known to have influenced Stella with added elements that reflect collage and cut-out effects. Inspired after seeing an exhibition in 1919 by the Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky who had created a series of gouaches illustrating the traditional Jewish Passover song, Had Gadya (The Only Kid), Stella created this series. This work is composed of mostly black and white forms that mimic the artist’s Cones and Pillars paintings. Two of these shapes extend beyond the confines of the straight edges of the right and bottom sides of the composition, showcasing the artist’s innovation and restructuring traditional artmaking. Chromatic marks with a hand-drawn quality are placed over the abstract shapes which create movement throughout the work. Created in 1984, Frank Stella, Then Came Death and Took the Butcher, from Illustrations after El Lissitzky’s Had Gadya, 1984, hand-coloring and collage with lithograph, linocut, silkscreen and rubber relief on T.H. Saunders paper and shaped, hand-cut Somerset paper and shaped, hand-cut Somerset paper is hand-signed by Frank Stella (Massachusetts, 1936 - ) in pencil in the lower center image and numbered from the edition of 60 in pencil in the lower center image. Frank Stella Had Gadya...

A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...

A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...

A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...

A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...