Marriage of Reason and Squalor / Frank Stella
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.25
- Title
- Marriage of Reason and Squalor
- Artist
- Frank Stella
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
- Style/Group/Movement
- 20th c. American
- Dimensions
- 38 cm x 55.6 cm (14 15/16 in. x 21 7/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- lithograph
- Physical Description
- This print shows a black horizontal rectangle in the lower left portion of an off-white background. The rectangle is divided in half and each side has a pattern of stripes that create the appearance of inverted u-shaped forms stacked one on top of the other.
- Subject Matter
- Frank Stella began making prints in 1967 in collaboration with Kenneth Tyler at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. This lithograph is part of his small print series, "Black Series I," that were derived from his earlier stripe paintings from 1958-59.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 4376 x 2989
- File Size
- 425 KB
- Record
- 2010/2.25
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.25/2010_2.25.jpg
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"Marriage of Reason and Squalor; Frank Stella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.25/2010_2.25.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.