Frank Stella
Palmito Ranch

Palmito Ranch

© Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Palmito Ranch
Palmito Ranch
ArtistAmerican, 1936–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Palmito Ranch
Date1961
Made inUnited States
MediumAlkyd on canvas
Dimensions77 × 77 in. (195.6 × 195.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund and gift of the artist in memory of Peter C. Marzio
Object number2011.543
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 310
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition HistorySidney Janis Gallery, New York, dates unknown.

Galerie Lawrence, Paris, dates unknown.

Kasmin Limited, London, dates unknown.

“Frank Stella: A Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 30, 2015–March 7, 2016; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, April 1–September 18, 2016; de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, November 5, 2016–February 26, 2017.

"Color into Light," Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2020–November 15, 2022.



Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed exhibition labels on verso stretcher [see photocopies in accession file]:

sidney Janis gallery 15 east 57 street new york 22 / STELLA #1497 Palmito Ranch 1961 / alkyd on canvas ...

Galerie Lawrence / 13 RUE DE SEINE, PARIS - VI - MED. 14-57 307

Ref. no. 769 Kasmin Limited / 118 New Bond Street / London WI / Telephone: Mayfair 22821-2 / Artist Frank STELLA Date 1961 / Title Palmito Ranch / ...

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