Frank Stella

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, organized by Riva Castleman. This unique trial proof impression was included in The Museum of Modern Art exhibition that showcased 33 Frank Stella preparatory drawings, trial proofs, working proofs and limited edition prints. 

In 1981–1982, this unique trial proof was also exhibited at the following institutions in a traveling exhibition:

– The Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson

– The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs

– The Glenbow Museum, Calgary

– The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

– The Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

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.