Frank Stella b. 1936
Frank Stella is a key figure in postwar American modernism. Born in 1936 in a suburb of Boston, he attended the Phillips Academy where he was introduced to the work of Josef Albers and Hans Hoffman. In 1958, after graduating from Princeton with a degree in history, he moved to New York and worked as a house painter without intent to become an artist–his interest was solely in creation.
Shortly thereafter, while operating from a rented studio shared with artist Carl Andre, Stella was introduced to and later represented by dealer Leo Castelli. Inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movement, but in a departure from the period, he produced the Black Paintings series. His work emphasized a two-dimensional, flat application of monochromatic paint. At age 25, he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his work during this time gave way to the Minimalist movement that followed.
Auction Results Frank Stella
Frank Stella
Double Gray Scramble
result: $50,000
Frank Stella
Polar Co-Ordinate
result: $37,500
Frank Stella
Conway
result: $37,500
Frank Stella
untitled
result: $15,600
Frank Stella
Jundapur
result: $13,750
Frank Stella
Bene come il sale
result: $11,250
Frank Stella
Shards V
result: $10,625
Frank Stella
Sinjerli Variation II
result: $10,000
Frank Stella
Sinjerli Variation II
result: $9,000
Frank Stella
Swan Engraving Blue, Green Grey
result: $8,255
Frank Stella
Spectralia (from Imaginary Places series)
result: $7,813
Frank Stella
Empress of India I (from the V Series)
result: $7,040
Frank Stella
Chocorua
result: $6,875
Frank Stella
Ifafa I (from the V Series)
result: $5,440
Frank Stella
Egyplosis (from Imaginary Places II)
result: $5,398
Frank Stella
Shards V
result: $5,313
Frank Stella
Quathlamba II (from the V Series)
result: $5,313
Frank Stella
Itata (from the V Series)
result: $5,000
Frank Stella
Ifafa II (from the V Series)
result: $4,688
Frank Stella
Wolfeboro (from the Eccentric Polygons series)
result: $4,375
Frank Stella
Moultonville
result: $4,063
Frank Stella
Leo Castelli (from the Purple series)
result: $3,500
Frank Stella
Fortín de las Flores (from Ten from Leo Castelli)
result: $3,250
Frank Stella
Tuftonboro (from the Eccentric Polygons series)
result: $3,250