Artist: Frank Stella (American, b.1936). Title: "Whale-Watch Shawl". Medium: Multiple/Textile. Date: Composed 1994. Dimensions: Image size: 54 x 54 in. (1372 x 1372 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed, dated, and numbered on the shawl label, and signed in the textile matrix. Fine condition (never worn). Comment(s): Another example of this shawl was offered with pre-sale estimates of $5,000/7,000 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on September 12th, 2010, lot 200. A silk crepe de chine shawl with rolled hems. Enclosed in original red clamshell box, measuring 11" high x 10 1/4" wide x 1" thick, which is within the original plastic covering (bearing the shawl number), neither ever opened (to enable us to fully present the shawl, some catalogued images come from another identical example). Published by Tyler Graphics Limited. A very large (4 1/2 feet by 4 1/2 feet) and very scarce object. Image copyright © Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [23114-13-1600] |