Riallaro (Black and White)

1995

Frank Stella

Associated Names
Frank Stella

Artist, American, 1936 - 2024

The image displays swirling lines, curved shapes, and patterns creating a complex and intricate composition. Overlapping forms with elastic-like qualities, coiled ropes, twisted wires, and net-like shapes are seen throughout. The background has a checkerboard pattern with circles, adding to the optical illusion effect. The artwork merges elements of nature and machinery through its abstract lines and forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and collagraph on handmade TGL paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 82 × 117.5 cm (32 5/16 × 46 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.35.72

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom, no. 232a (p. 340)

  • Series Title

    Imaginary Places

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: 4/20 F. Stella ’94 [signed, lower right in image in ink]; verso: FS94-3088A [lower right in left in graphite]/.

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