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Abstraction
Abstraction

Abstraction

Artist (American, 1877 - 1946)
Dateca. 1913-1914
Geographic OriginUnited States of America
MediumPastel and graphite on paperboard
DimensionsFramed: H 51 x W 41 in. (H 129.5 x W 104.1 cm)
Image: H 39 3/4 x W 29 3/4 in. (H 101 x W 75.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rhoda Weintraub Ziff, 1983
Object number83.264
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Object NameDrawing
Title Details
Catalog Card Abstraction
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. "JOS. STELLA". verso of frame: top, black marker: "Modern / Arts // #1435 29 7/8 x 40 1/1/6 Ex"Marks and Labels/StampsHandwritten label removed from backing to file, black ink: "Joseph Stella / Lotus". verso: [See photos of labels in file]: Richard York Gallery, New York, Joseph Stella: The Tropics, October 1-November 12, 1988; label on backing u.r. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 22-October 9, 1994; label on back of frame u.l. Museum of Art, Carneige Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Forerunners of American Abstraction, November 18, 1971-January 9, 1972; The Newark Museum, Exhibition The Works of Joseph Stella, November 1, 978 - April 1979, lender Mrs. Joseph Weintraub, Loan # 776.ProvenanceEstate of the artist; [with Rabin & Kruger Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, until circa 1962; purchased by Mrs. Joseph [Rhoda] Weintraub [Ziff], South Orange, New Jersey.Exhibition History"Joseph Stella," Drew University, Madison, NJ, February 24-March 24, 1963, no. 41 (as "Waterlillies").
"Forerunners of American Abstraction," Museum of Art, Carneige Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, November 18, 1971-January 9, 1972.
"Works by Joseph Stella," The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, November 1, 1978-April 1979.
"Joseph Stella: The Tropics," Richard York Gallery, New York, October 1-November 12, 1988
"Visual Poetry: The Drawings of Joseph Stella," National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, September 7-November 12, 1990; traveled to Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, February 23-April 22, 1990; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 19-July 22, 1990.
"Joseph Stella," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 22-October 9, 1994.

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