© Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Felsztyn I,
1971
Frank Stella, 1936–2024, born Malden, MA; active and died New York, NY
y1976-34
The subtle variations between the various color planes in this soaring, irregularly shaped painting result from the collage of materials onto the canvas, creating a low relief that disrupts the flatness of the geometric composition. Seeking to expand the language of abstraction and its treatment of illusionistic depth in painting, Stella looked to architecture as a source of formal inspiration; this painting is part of a series of work that the artist named after wooden synagogues built from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century in Poland. Stella donated this work to the Princeton University Art Museum in honor of his mentor and friend William C. Seitz.
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Title
Felsztyn I
Dates
1971
Maker
Medium
Acrylic on canvas with canvas and felt collage
Dimensions
276 x 223 cm (108 11/16 x 87 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist, Class of 1958, in memory of William C. Seitz, Graduate School Class of 1955
Object Number
y1976-34
Inscription
Painted on the top horizontal crosspiece of the stretcher: Felsztyn I 1971 F. Stella.
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Frank Stella, New York, New York, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 1976.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1976," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 36, no. 1 (1977): p. 28-40., p. 36
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 297 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 299, checklist no. 106
