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Monday, 21 November 2016, 06:00 pm

Frank Stella, Ahab's Leg, 1985, from "The Waves"

Lot 66

Frank Stella, 1936 (US)

Ahab's Leg, 1985, from "The Waves", 1985-89

Silkscreen printed in colors, lithograph printed in colors, linocut printed in colors and hand-colored and collage on T.H. Saunders and Somerset paper.
H 1907 mm W 1380 mm.

58/60. Signed and dated lower right: Frank Stella, '89.

Annotation:

Printer:
Spencer Tomkins and James Wetly at
Atelier Frank Stella, New York;
Bruce Porter at Trestle Editions, New York;
Bob Blanton and Wygonik at Brand X, New York.

Publisher:
Waddington Graphics, London.

Exhibition:
Valencia, IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern.
Frank Stella, From Strictness to Baroque,
12th July - 14th October 2012.

Literature:
Exhibition catalog. Frank Stella, From Strictness to Baroque.
Valencia, IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2012.
Pages 78-79, full page color illustration;
Exhibition catalog. Frank Stella, The Waves.
London, Waddington Galleries, 1989.
No. 13. Page 57, full page color illustration.

*CHF5'000 / 8'000
*EUR4'500 / 7'000
*USD5'300 / 8'400

Hammer Price: CHF 8'000