Frank Stella
Moutonboro

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Artist Frank Stella American, 1936–2024

CultureAmerican

Titles

Moutonboro
from the series Irregular Polygon

Date1971

PlaceUnited States

MediumGouache on paper

DimensionsSheet: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2010.2144

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles]; [Butterfield and Butterfield, Los Angeles, October 24, 2000, lot 5081]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, Potomac, Maryland, by 2010; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on a label on the back of the frame: "A 578 / IRVING BLUM / GALLERY / 811 North La Cienga Boulevard / Los Angeles, California 90069 / Artist: FRANK STELLA / Title: UNTITLED STUDY / Date: 1971 / Medium: GOUACHE / Size: 17" x 22""

Framing label on backside: "FRAMED WITH TRU VUE / CONSERVATION GLASS / Conservation glass protects artwork from / damage caused by ultraviolet light / ..."

In pen on the back of the frame: "12/2000"

Initialed lower right: "F.S. '71"

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