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Frank Stella
St. Michael's Counterguard1984

Not on view
Large wall-mounted steel sculpture with overlapping curved and flat metal panels, including a hammered gold disk with circular cutout and a silver crescent band with bold red vertical stripes
Wall-mounted mixed-media sculpture combining a large concave disc with a mosaic-like gold and tan surface, surrounded by angular polished metal forms with painted geometric patterns in red, gray, and yellow, projecting dramatically from the wall and casting strong shadows.
Wall-mounted sculpture assembled from overlapping metal panels in silver, gold, and purple, with a large curved central form striped in diagonal bands of silver and fluorescent red, flanked by jagged cutout shapes and rectangular panels with grid patterns.
Artist or Maker
Frank Stella
United States, 1936-2024
Title
St. Michael's Counterguard
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1984
Medium
Mixed media on aluminum and fiberglass honeycomb
Dimensions
156 x 135 x 108 in. (396.24 x 342.9 x 274.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
M.84.150.1-.12
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Smith, P.C. "Late Frank Stella." Art in America 104, no.3 (2016): 33-36.
  • Auping, Michael. Frank Stella: a Retrospective. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.