The Battering Ram

1993

Frank Stella

Associated Names
Frank Stella

Artist, American, 1936 - 2024

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Publisher

The image contains intersecting shapes and dynamic lines, creating a complex composition. It features curved and angular forms that interlace, reminiscent of crumpled paper, domed structures, and twisting ribbon-like figures. A striped pattern contrasts with flat color and textured surfaces. Against a background speckled with vibrant hues and bold black spots, the elements come together. Visual connections to familiar objects like umbrella ribs or wind-blown fabric can be perceived within the arrangement. Vibrant spots at the perimeter add a festive boundary, reminiscent of party decorations.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, engraving, screenprint, and collagraph on TGL handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Tyler Graphics Ltd. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 149.86 × 88.9 cm (59 × 35 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.36.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 1983, undescribed

  • Series Title

    Moby Dick Deckle Edges

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Baas, Jacquelynn. Frank Stella: Moby Dick Deckle Edges. Mount Kisco, New York: Tyler Graphics, 1993, pp. 14-15.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 4/30 F. Stella '93

Markings

embossed: [Tyler Graphics]

Wikidata ID

Q75124423

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