Marriage of Reason and Squalor from Black Series I
1967
Frank Stella
Artist, American, 1936 - 2024
Printer, American, born 1931
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
one from a portfolio of nine lithographs on wove J. Barcham Green paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 38 x 57.7 cm (14 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1985.47.199.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Axsom 1983, no. 7
Associated Artworks
See all 9 artworks
Club Onyx—Seven Steps from Black Series I
Frank Stella, Kenneth Tyler, Octavio Pereira, Gemini G.E.L.
1967
Arbeit Macht Frei (Work will Set You Free) from Black Series I
Frank Stella, James Webb, Gemini G.E.L.
1967
Clinton Plaza from Black Series I
Frank Stella, Kenneth Tyler, Gemini G.E.L.
1967
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1985 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2006
The Art of Collaboration: Works from the National Gallery of Art's Gemini G.E.L. Archive, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2006-2007.
2015
The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 51.
1983
Axsom, Richard H. The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1967-1982. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983, no. 7.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 51.17. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: 20/100 F.Stella 67; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 67-132
Markings
embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.
Wikidata ID
Q74069097