Lot Essay
“Yes, but Moby Dick was for me, much more. It’s not fair to Melville, but it was an around-the-world adventure story about struggling with larger-than-life forces.”
Frank Stella
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Does the Whale Diminish?
Details
Frank Stella (b. 1936)
Does the Whale Diminish?
oil, oilstick and enamel on aluminum construction
80 x 144 x 36 in. (203.2 x 365.7 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Does the Whale Diminish?
oil, oilstick and enamel on aluminum construction
80 x 144 x 36 in. (203.2 x 365.7 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Provenance
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1995, lot 386
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private collection, Nagoya
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 412
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1995, lot 386
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private collection, Nagoya
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 412
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Brought to you by
Isabella Lauria
“Yes, but Moby Dick was for me, much more. It’s not fair to Melville, but it was an around-the-world adventure story about struggling with larger-than-life forces.”
Frank Stella