Episode Stella
Frank Stella, Salto Nel Mio Sacco 10X, 1985 - from the Cones And Pillar Series
35x 30 x 3 ft (10.7 x 9 x 1 m), Materials may include: synthetic polymer paint, oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, and printing ink on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum, and/or fiberglass
BXP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York
Installation view of the exhibition "16 Americans"
December 16, 1959–February 17, 1960. Photographic Archive. The Museum
of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN656.29. Photograph by Rudy Burckhardt.
Frank Stella, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor II, 1959
Enamel on canvas 7 ft 6 ¾ in x 11 ft ¾ in (230.5 x 337.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Frank Stella, Gran Cairo, 1962
Alkyd on canvas, 85 9/16 × 85 9/16 in (217.3 × 217.3 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Frank Stella, Haines City, 1963
Alkyd on canvas, 99 × 99 inches (251.5 × 251.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Frank Stella, Empress of India, 1965 - from the Notched V Series
Metallic powder in polymer emulsion paint on canvas, 77 x 224 in (195.6 x 548.6 cm)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Frank Stella, Wolfeboro III, 1966 - from the Irregular Polygon Series
Fluorescent alkyd paint on canvas, 160 3/4 X 99 3/4 in (408.3 X 253.3 cm)
Seattle Art Museum
David Bourdon, "Stella's New Cut in Art," Life, January 19, 1968
Frank Stella, Basra Gate II (1969) and Damascus Gate II (1970)
Resnick, Water Street
Frank Stella. Sinjerli I, 1967
Acrylic on Canvas
Basra Gate I, 1968, Private Collection, photo from Whitney show
Basra Gate II, 1968, Resnick
Basra III, 1969
Acrylic on canvas, 240 x 450 cm, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Basra Gate I, 1968
Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 120.1 in (155 x 305 cm)
Basra III, 1969
Acrylic and pencil on shaped canvas, 120.1 x 236.2 in (305 x 600 cm)
Frank Stella, Nasielk IV, 1972
Ash and varnish, 110 × 89 1/2 × 8 in. (279.4 × 227.3 × 20.3 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago
Frank Stella, Grajau I, 1975
Paint and laquer on aluminum, 82 × 132 in. (208.3 × 335.3 cm)
The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Frank Stella, Eskimo Curlew, 1976 - from the Exotic Bird Series
Litho crayon, etching, lacquer, ink, glass, acrylic paint, and oil stick
on aluminum, 98 3/4 x 127 x 18 in (251 x 323 x 46 cm)
Portland Art Museum
Frank Stella, Pergusa, 1981 - from the Circuit Series
Mixed media on etched magnesium, 66 x 75 x 18 in (167.6 x 190.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frank Stella, Telluride, 1970
Lithograph and screenprint, Sheet: 16 × 22in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Frank Stella, Sinjerli Variation Squared with Colored Grounds, 1981
Offset lithograph and screenprint, Image (sight): 32 × 32in. (81.3 × 81.3 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Frank Stella, Swan Engraving III, 1982
Etching, aquatint, and collagraph, Sheet (Irregular): 66 1/2 × 51 1/2in. (168.9 × 130.8 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Frank Stella, Gobba, zoppa e collotorto,1985
Oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, acrylic, and printing ink on etched magnesium and aluminium, 137 × 120 1/8 × 34 3/8 in.(348 × 305 × 87.5 cm)
Art Institute of Chicago
Frank Stella,
Giufà, la luna, i ladri e le guardie,1984
Synthetic polymer paint, oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, and printing ink on canvas, and etched magnesium, aluminum, and fiberglass, 9 ft 7 1/4 in x 16 ft 3 1/4" x 24 in (293.3 x 491.1 x 61 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sydney
c. 16 feet or 5 meters high
BXP
Tate
12'3" or 373.5 cm
Broad
13 feet or 4 meters high
Frank Stella, Marrakech, 1964
Fluorescent alkyd on canvas, 77 × 77 in. (195.6 × 195.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Frank Stella, Harran II, 1967
Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas, 10 x 20 feet (304.8 x 609.6 cm)
Guggenheim, New York
Frank Stella, Illustrations After El Lissitzky's Had Gadya : Then Came a Dog and Bit the Cat. No. 3, 1982–1984
Lithograph, linoleum cut, screenprint, and collage
Hebrew Union College
Frank Stella, Illustrations After El Lissitzky's Had Gadya : Then Water Came and Quenched the Fire. No. 6, 1982–1984
Lithograph, linoleum cut, screenprint, and collage
Sheet (Irregular): 54 × 51 1/16in. (137.2 × 129.7 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
El Lissitzky, Had Gadya Suite (Tale of a Goat):The Dog Came and Bit the Cat, 1919
Lithograph on paper, Sheet: 16 × 14 in. (40.6 × 35.6 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York
El Lissitzky, Had Gadya Suite (Tale of a Goat):The Water Came and Extinguished the Fire, 1919
Lithograph on paper, Sheet: 16 × 14 in. (40.6 × 35.6 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York
Fernand Léger, Mechanical Elements, 1918-1923
Oil on linen, 83 ¼ x 66 in (211.5 x 167.9 cm)
Kunstmuseum, Basel
from Louis Monduit, Traité théorique et pratique de la stéréotomie
THE ARBITRATOR KOOR (Charles William Hargrove, Jr.),
Through the Columns KOOR’s Remanipulator, 1983
1985 - from BXP info
2016 - from 2016 article
2025
Recommended Reading
Stephanie De Winter, "DayGloification: Frank Stella’s Fluorescent Turn, an Art-Scientific Approach," The International Journal of the Image 9 (4): 29-44, 2018
Marc Louis Filippone, “The Creation of Frank Stella’s Large-Scale Sculptures,” Artsy, August 29, 2013
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Abed Haddad, Joy Bloser, Emily Mulvihill & Lynda Zycherman, “Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella,” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2022.2111499
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Marie Laibinis-Craft, "An Investigation of Frank Stella's Magnesium Reliefs," Modern Art: Who Cares? International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art, 1997
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Thomas Learner, et al eds, Modern Paints Uncovered, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2006
William S. Rubin, Frank Stella, Museum of Modern Art, 1970
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William S. Rubin, Frank Stella 1970-1987, Museum of Modern Art, 1987
https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2163_300296065.pdf
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Frank Stella, Working Space, Harvard University Press, 1986
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Dee Wedemeyer, “Lobbies with Stellas: The Developer's Choice,” The New York Times, May 12, 1985
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/12/realestate/lobbies-with-stellas-the-developer-s-choice.html