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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.1
People
Frank Stella, American (Malden, MA 1936 - 2024 New York, New York)
Title
Bechhofen II
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1972
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226677

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil, cardboard and fabric on masonite
Dimensions
243.84 x 259.08 cm (96 x 102 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on back: F. Stella, Signed Date: 72
  • inscription: on back: 14 Bechhofen II

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lawrence Rubin, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lawrence Rubin
Copyright
© Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified article], Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, June 1974), vol. II, no. 2, reproduced
  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, reproduced in color fig. 74, p. 81
  • Alfred Pacquement, Frank Stella: Ouvrage publie avec le concours du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Flammarion (Paris, France, 1988), reproduced in b/w p. 79; photo listed p. 184

Exhibition History

  • Born in Boston, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 02/18/1979 - 04/22/1979
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986

Verification Level

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