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FRANK STELLA (b. 1936) THE FORGE (S-10, 3X-2D VERSION) mixed media on cast aluminum 973/4 x 955/8...

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FRANK STELLA (b. 1936) THE FORGE (S-10, 3X-2D VERSION) mixed media on cast aluminum 973/4 x 955/8...
FRANK STELLA
(b. 1936)
THE FORGE (S-10, 3X-2D VERSION)
mixed media on cast aluminum
973/4 x 955/8 x 641/2 in.
(248.3 x 242.9 x 163.8 cm)
cast in 1988
ESTIMATE: $150,000-200,000
PROVENANCE
Duson Gallery, seoul
EXHIBITED
SEOUL, Duson Gallery, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG / FRANK STELLA, February 8-28, 1991 (illustrated)
LITERATURE
R. K. Wallace, FRANK STELLA'S MOBY DICK: WORDS AND SHAPES, MICHIGAN, 2000, pl. 29 (illustrated)
In 'The Forge' a metallic wave runs through a cutout rectangle etched with polar coordinates. The industrial texture of the cast aluminum wave shape reminds us of the flaming heat with which the blacksmith forges his metallic creations in the novel 'Stubb's Super'... 'This metallic wave... has a ribbed surface that gives elegance to its motion and dimension to its form.'
R.K. Wallace, FRANK STELLA'S MOBY DICK: WORDS AND SHAPES, MICHIGAN, 2000, p. 138