Frank Stella, Lettre sur les sourds et muets II

synthetic polymer paint on canvas
140 7/8 x 140 7/8 in. (357.8 x 357.8 cm)
Painted in 1974.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2017

Exhibited

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Richard Meier, Frank Stella: Arte e Architettura, July 8–August 30, 1993, pp. 267, 271 (illustrated, p. 271)
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Frank Stella, September 26, 1995–April 21, 1996, p. 231
Brussels, Charles Riva Collection, Frank Stella, April 19–November 3, 2017
Fort Lauderdale, NSU Art Museum, Frank Stella: Experiment and Change, November 12, 2017–July 29, 2018 (illustrated on the exhibition poster)

Literature

Andrianna Campbell, Kate Nesin, Lucas Blalock and Terry Richardson, Frank Stella, New York, 2017, pp. 17, 158 (illustrated, p. 17)
Denise Colson, “Frank Stella: Experiment and Change,” Art District, 2017, online (NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, 2017, installation view illustrated)
Ted Loos, “Editor’s Pick: Frank Stella on Six Decades of Experimentation and Change,” 1st Dibs, 2017, online (illustrated)
“Frank Stella: Experiment and Change at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, November 12, 2017 – July 29, 2018,” Arts Summary: A Visual Journal, August 23, 2017, online (NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, 2017, installation view illustrated)
Brainard Carey, “Bonnie Clearwater,” Praxis Interview Magazine, Yale University Radio, October 31, 2017, online (installation view illustrated)
Noah Becker, “At 81, Frank Stella is Still America’s Most Experimental Artist,” Vice, November 9, 2017, online (installation view illustrated)
Sandra Schulman, “Can’t-miss Stella show stuns in Fort Lauderdale,” Palm Beach Arts Paper, November 13, 2017, online (installation view illustrated)
Andrew Russeth, “Frank Stella Takes to the Sky,” ARTnews, December 5, 2017, online
American Master Frank Stella: Polish Villages, exh. cat., Lévy Gorvy, Hong Kong, 2019, pp. 17, 47 (illustrated, p. 17)
Hugues Cayrade, “Charles Riva and the Art of Scaling Down,” La Gazette Drouot, September 23, 2020, online (Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, 2017, installation view partially illustrated)