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Black Series I: Marriage of Reason and Squalor
Frank Stella (American, 1936–2024)
Printed by: Blair Lithography
Published by: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printed by: Blair Lithography
Published by: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
1967
Medium/Technique
One from the set of nine lithographs printed in matte metallic gray ink on tinted Barcham Green paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 39 x 55.8 cm (15 3/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Framed: 43.2 x 59.7 x 3.8 cm (17 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Framed: 43.2 x 59.7 x 3.8 cm (17 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard E. Caves
Accession Number2022.1020
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Portfolios
Prints
Prints
Catalogue Raisonné
Axsom 007
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 72/100; l.r.: F. Stella 67
Provenance1980, sold by Tyler Graphics, Bedford Village, New York, to Richard E. Caves (b. 1931 – d. 2019), Cambridge, MA; 2022, bequest of Richard E. Caves to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)