Conway

1967, published 1974

Frank Stella

Associated Names
Frank Stella

Artist, American, 1936 - 2024

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Charles Ritt

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Edward Henderson

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Barbara Thomason

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Jeff Wasserman

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image depicts a composition of layered geometric shapes, predominately rectangles and parallelograms, arranged in an abstract manner. The outer shape is a wide, inverted 'L' filled with hot pink, framing a series of nested shapes progressively diminishing in size towards the center. Within the hot pink shape is a beige border surrounding a bright green parallelogram, containing a smaller light blue rectangle at its core. The arrangement resembles a distorted staircase or abstract fortress, suggesting connections to architectural designs or puzzle pieces.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph and screenprint on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.82 × 56.52 cm (17 1/4 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.124

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 1983, no. 97

  • Series Title

    Eccentric Polygons

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 553.

1983

  • Axsom, Richard H. The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1967-1982. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983, no. 97.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 51.5. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Gemini III F. Stella '74; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: FS67-114

Wikidata ID

Q74035548

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