Frank Stella (AMERICAN, 1936)
Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale
Color etching and aquatint with carborundum and relief printing on TGL handmade
1991
Signed and dated in pencil, lower left
Numbered 3/27 in pencil, lower left
Dimensions: 73 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (186 x 135 3/4 cm)
Full margins
Framed in large wood frame
From Moby Dick Engravings
Published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with the blindstamp
In overall good condition
Unexamined out of frame
Contact department for full condition report

Frank Stella's "Moby Dick" series were various forms of artworks made during the 1980s and 1990s, including lithographs, sculptures and installations. The titles are each from one of the 135 chapters of Herman Melville's great American novel. Working with the master printer Ken Tyler, Frank Stella was able to create complicated mixed-media prints that resembled sculptures.

This very large etching and aquatint with carborundum and relief printing on TGL handmade extends 73 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (186 x 135 3/4 cm). It was executed in 1991 and is signed, numbered 3/27 and dated in pencil, lower left with full margins. From his series "Moby Dick" and published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with the blindstamp. This print is in overall good condition for its size.

Frank Stella (AMERICAN, 1936)

From the 1970s up to the 1990s Frank Stella, the famous contemporary American artist, turned his style from minimalism to a very dynamic and highly plastic style. The artist’s works have been internationally exhibited. Stella has won numerous awards from renowned universities. Barack Obama recently awarded him with the National Medal of Arts.