The Fountain

1992

Frank Stella

Artist, American, 1936 - 2024

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut, etching, aquatint, relief, and drypoint with gampi collage and hand-coloring on three sheets of handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Tyler Graphics Ltd.

  • Dimensions

    sheet (a): 231.14 × 316.23 cm (91 × 124 1/2 in.)
    sheet (b): 231.14 × 316.23 cm (91 × 124 1/2 in.)
    sheet (c): 231.14 × 120.65 cm (91 × 47 1/2 in.)
    overall: 231.14 × 736.6 cm (91 × 290 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.67.16.a-c

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 1983, undescribed

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mt. Kisco, New York; acquired 1994 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1995.

Bibliography

1992

  • Larson, Phillip. The Fountain. Mount Kisco, New York: Tyler Graphics, 1992.

Inscriptions

a) "PRINTED 9/9/92 / FS 90-2071 / 6/8" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
b) "6/8 F. Stella '92" lower right composition, graphite. "PRINTED 7/20/92 FS 90-2071 6/8" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
c) "FS 90-2071 6/8 PRINTED 1 OCT 92 AM" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

a) None.
b) "© [Tyler Graphics]" chop, lower margin.
c) None.

Wikidata ID

Q77259163


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