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Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 250. (Do NOT confuse with the unsigned poster bearing a similar edition - whereas the present work is hand signed and numbered and on thick lithographic paper.)This dazzling pencil signed and numbered silkscreen was created by Frank Stella in 1970 to celebrate the Centennial of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1870-1970). Unframed. Makes a terrific gift. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonne 1967-1982) by Richard H. Axsom. The plate is II.C. (page 171 Axsom IIC). Also referenced in the newest Jordan Schnitzer catalogue raisonne.

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Signature: Signed, numbered and dated in graphite on the recto (front). Bears the distinctive blind stamp of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and printed by A. Poster

The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonne 1967-1982) by Richard H. Axsom. The plate is II.C. (page 171 Axsom IIC). Also referenced in the newest Jordan Schnitzer catalogue raisonne.

About Frank Stella

Frank Stella, an iconic figure of postwar American art, is considered the most influential painter of a generation that moved beyond Abstract Expressionism toward Minimalism. In his early work, Stella attempted to drain any external meaning or symbolism from painting, reducing his images to geometric form and eliminating illusionistic effects. His goal was to make paintings in which pictorial force came from materiality, not from symbolic meaning. He famously quipped, "What you see is what you see," a statement that became the unofficial credo of Minimalist practice. In the 1980s and '90s, Stella turned away from Minimalism, adopting a more additive approach for a series of twisting, monumental, polychromatic metal wall reliefs and sculptures based on Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

American, b. 1936, Malden, Massachusetts, based in New York and Rock Tavern, New York

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Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 250. (Do NOT confuse with the unsigned poster bearing a similar edition - whereas the present work is hand signed and numbered and on thick lithographic paper.)This dazzling pencil signed and numbered silkscreen was created by Frank Stella in 1970 to celebrate the Centennial of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1870-1970).

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Many of his lithographies offer inspiration

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There are many other paintings, as:
Conclusion (1913), Squares with concentric circles (1913), Circles in a circle (1923)...

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Douglas Herbert Courtenay Auburn