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Property from the Petersburg Press Archives

Frank Stella

Polar Co-ordinates VI, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson (see Axsom 124)

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February 27, 07:52 PM GMT

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Property from the Petersburg Press Archives

Frank Stella

1936 - 2024


Polar Co-ordinates VI, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson (see Axsom 124)

inscribed in pencil Gripper Saskatoon I-2 (lower left)

lithograph and screenprint in colors with hand-coloring on Arches Cover paper

sheet: 38 ⅜ by 37 in. (97.5 by 93.8 cm.)

Executed in 1980, this is a unique trial proof aside from the numbered edition of 100 plus 20 artist's proofs, published by Petersburg Press, New York.

Petersburg Press, Inc., New York

Private Collection

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Frank Stella: Polar Co- ordinates for Ronnie Peterson, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 18, 1982-January 11, 1983, exhibition of 33 Frank Stella preparatory drawings, trial proofs, working proofs and prints organized by Riva Castleman; the impression in the respective Replica Shoes 's lot was exhibited.

Judith Goldman, Frank Stella: Fourteen Prints with Drawings, Collages, and Working Proofs. Princeton, NJ, The Art Museum Princeton University, 1983, Frank Stella unique trial and working proof Polar Co-ordinates referenced pages 7-9, 13-19; similar unique Frank Stella trial and working proof Polar Co-ordinates reproduced pages 20-27.

 

Richard Axsom, The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalog Raisonne 1967-1982, New York, Hudson Hills, 1983, Frank Stella unique trial and working proof Polar Co-ordinates referenced pages 23 & 25.