Lot Essay
The present work belongs to Stella's Polish Village series executed in the early 1970s and named after synagogues destroyed by Hitler.
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Dawidgródek Sketch, 1972
Details
Frank Stella (B. 1936)
Dawidgródek Sketch, 1972
signed 'F Stella' (lower right); inscribed and dated 'Dawidgródek Sketch 72' (lower left)
collage on board
32 7/8 x 27½ in. (83.7 x 68.9 cm.)
Executed in 1972
Dawidgródek Sketch, 1972
signed 'F Stella' (lower right); inscribed and dated 'Dawidgródek Sketch 72' (lower left)
collage on board
32 7/8 x 27½ in. (83.7 x 68.9 cm.)
Executed in 1972
Provenance
Lawrence Rubin, New York (no. 4109).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in October 1974.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in October 1974.
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, Frank Stella: Neue Reliefbilder - Bilder und Graphik, March 1976, no.7.
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