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Provenance

Lawrence Rubin, New York Kasmin Limited, London (by 1964) Robert A. Rowan, Pasadena (by 1967) André Emmerich Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1968 by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Kasmin Limited, Frank Stella: Recent Paintings , September - October 1964 University Art Museum, University of California, Irvine; San Francisco Museum of Art, A Selection of Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rowan , May - July 1967, no. 130 (traveled to San Francisco only) New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Pasadena Art Museum; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Frank Stella , March - May 1970, no. 24, p. 101 (text) and p. 103, illustrated (traveled to New York only) The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Monumental Paintings of the Sixties , April - June 1974, n.p., illustrated San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Collectors, Collecting, Collection: American Abstract Art Since 1945 , April - June 1977, no. 22 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Resource/Response/Reservoir, Stella Survey: 1959-1982 , March - May 1983, no. 9, n.p., illustrated in color

Literature

Max Kozloff, “Modern art and the virtues of decadence,” Studio International Journal of Modern Art , November 1967, p. 194, illustrated Paul Anbinder, ed., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection , New York 1985, pp. 24, 214 (text), p. 215, illustrated in color, and p. 374, illustrated Lawrence Rubin, Frank Stella: Paintings, 1958 to 1965: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York 1986, no. 232, p. 220, illustrated in color (detail) and pp. 222-23, illustrated in color Alfred Pacquement, ed., Frank Stella , Paris 1988, p. 171, illustrated Carol Vogel, "Donors Bestow A Rare Stella," The New York Times , 2 November 2001, p. E36 (text)

Catalog summary

Property from SFMOMA: Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund Frank Stella 1936 - 2024 Adelante metallic powder in polymer emulsion on canvas 96 ½ by 165 ½ in. 245.1 by 420.4 cm. Executed in 1964. Provenance Lawrence Rubin, New York Kasmin Limited, London (by 1964) Robert A. Rowan, Pasadena (by 1967) André Emmerich Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1968 by the present owner Exhibited London, Kasmin Limited, Frank Stella: Recent Paintings , September - October 1964 University Art Museum, University of California, Irvine; San Francisco Museum of Art, A Selection of Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rowan , May - July 1967, no. 130 (traveled to San Francisco only) New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Pasadena Art Museum; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Frank Stella , March - May 1970, no. 24, p. 101 (text) and p. 103, illustrated (traveled to New York only) The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Monumental Paintings of the Sixties , April - June 1974, n.p., illustrated San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Collectors, Collecting, Collection: American Abstract Art Since 1945 , April - June 1977, no. 22 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Resource/Response/Reservoir, Stella Survey: 1959-1982 , March - May 1983, no. 9, n.p., illustrated in color Literature Max Kozloff, “Modern art and the virtues of decadence,” Studio International Journal of Modern Art , November 1967, p. 194, illustrated Paul Anbinder, ed., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection , New York 1985, pp. 24, 214 (text), p. 215, illustrated in color, and p. 374, illustrated Lawrence Rubin, Frank Stella: Paintings, 1958 to 1965: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York 1986, no. 232, p. 220, illustrated in color (detail) and pp. 222-23, illustrated in color Alfred Pacquement, ed., Frank Stella , Paris 1988, p. 171, illustrated Carol Vogel, "Donors Bestow A Rare Stella," The New York Times , 2 November 2001, p. E36 (text)