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Frank Stella
Inaccessible Island Rail1976

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Large-scale abstract painting with gestural white brushstrokes on a dark ground, layered with geometric color fields in cobalt blue, plum purple, and kelly green, and two curling scroll-like forms in yellow and gray
Mixed-media relief construction on a black ground of dense white gestural marks, with layered painted panels in navy, purple, and green, and two curling scroll-like forms—one yellow at upper left, one gray at center right—overlapping diagonal bars and a narrow horizontal strip at lower center with teal and brown details.
Mixed-media wall relief with a black ground covered in white gestural marks, featuring layered painted panels in green, navy, purple, and gray. A yellow and gold serpentine form floats upper left; a gray painted scroll shape overlaps a bright green rectangle with orange scribbled lines; angled flat forms and a small painted strip with red and blue marks extend along the lower edge.

Frank Stella, Inaccessible Island Rail, 1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Grinstein Family, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frank Stella
United States, 1936-2024
Title
Inaccessible Island Rail
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1976
Medium
Mixed media on aluminum
Dimensions
117 × 153 in. (297.18 × 388.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Grinstein Family
Accession Number
M.90.187
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Copyright
© Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

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