Joseph Stella
Pyrotechnic Fires

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Artist Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877–1946)American, born Italy, 1877–1946

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pyrotechnic Fires
Vesuvius

Date1919

Place depictedItaly

MediumPastel on paper

DimensionsSheet: 40 × 29 7/8 in. (101.6 × 75.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the estate of Isabel B. Wilson

Object number2014.72

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceEstate of Joseph Stella; by inheritance to to his nephew, Sergio Stella; [Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, by 1987]; Harvey and Françoise Rambach, New Jersey, 1988; [Gerald Peters Gallery, Reno, Nevada, by 1999]; purchased by Isabel Wilson, 1999-2012; to the Estate of Isabel Wilson, 2012–December 2013; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History"American Modern: Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 15–July 19, 2015.

"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 28, 2020–July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

"Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, February 23–May 21, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, lower right, signed in pastel: J. Stella

3 Printed and 1 typed label on verso backboard:

ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY / 50 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 / ARTIST Joseph Stella / TITLE Pyrotechnic Fires / MEDIUM pastel on paper / SIZE 40 X 29 1/2" DATE 1919

Exhibition No. 45 / Crate No. 30 AMON / CARTER MUSEUM [address] / Exhibit: Visual Poetry: The Drrawings of Joseph Stella / Dates: ACM 2-23-90 through 4-22-90 / Title: Pyrotechnic Fires / Artist: Joseph Stella / Medium: Pastel / Dimensions / [no entry] Date c. 1919 / Credit: Collection of Francoise and Harvey Rambach

Joseph Stella / Pyrotechnic Fires, 1919 / Pastel on paper / 40" x 29 1/2"

Joseph Stella / Pyrotechnic Fires / Pastel. c. 1919 / Lent by Estate of Joseph Stella

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