Frank Stella (b. 1936)
Does the Whale Diminish?
oil, oilstick and enamel on aluminum construction
80 x 144 x 36 in. (203.2 x 365.7 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
来源
Private collection Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1995, lot 386 M. Knoedler & Co., New York Private collection, Nagoya Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 412 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
“Yes, but Moby Dick was for me, much more. It’s not fair to Melville, but it was an around-the-world adventure story about struggling with larger-than-life forces.” Frank Stella