FRANK STELLA

Chodorw II

Details

FRANK STELLA
Chodorw II
signed and dated 'F. Stella '71' on the overlap--titled and dated again 'CHODORW I, 1971' on the stretcher
acrylic, canvas, felt and enamel on shaped canvas
108 x 106in. (274.4 x 269.2cm.)
Executed in 1971. This work was originally given the title Chodorw I, but was later changed to Chodorw II by the artist later in 1971.

Provenance

Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners on Oct. 25, 1971 for $16,500

Literature

E. C. Baker, "Frank Stella, Revival and Relief," ARTnews, Nov. 1971, p. 35 (illustrated)
R. Krauss, "Stella's New Work and the Problem of Series," Artforum, Dec. 1971, p. 40 (illustrated)

Exhibited

New York, Lawrence Rubin Gallery, Frank Stella, Oct. 1971, no. 2 Fort Worth, Art Museum; Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts; Vancouver, Art Gallery; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art; Denver, Art Museum; Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, and Des Moines, Art Center, Stella Since 1970, March-April 1980, pp. 35 and 109, nos. 4 and 15 (illustrated) New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Paris, Muse national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, and Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Frank Stella 1970-1987, Oct. 1987-Sept. 1989, p. 11 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

See note to Lot 24 for a discussion of Stella's Polish Village series.

(NO FIG #) Synagogue, Piaski, Poland (destroyed 1939-45)
Photograph by Szymon Zajczyk