Frank Stella：A Retrospective

ThislandmarkcataloguepresentsaretrospectivestudyofFrankStella(b.1936),oneofthemostimportantfiguresin20th-centuryAmericanart.Showcasingworksfromallofhismajorseries,thebooksurveysthefullsweepofStella’scareer,fromhisartisticbeginningsinhighschoolandcollegetotoday.Thebook’sspectacularplatesectioncomprisesmorethan100works,includingpaintings,sculptures,reliefs,andworksonpaper.NotableinclusionsarehisseminalBlackPaintings,recenthigh-reliefaluminumworks,andaselectionofdrawings,maquettes,anddigitalrenderings—manyofwhicharereproducedhereforthefirsttime—thatofferfreshinsightintoStella’sthinkingandprocess.Essaysdiscusstopicssuchastheartist’searlyyearsatPhillipsAcademyinAndoverandPrincetonUniversity,andhislate-careerarchitecturalpiecescreatedwiththeaidofcomputersoftware.AninterviewwithStellaconductedbyAmericanpainterLauraOwensallowsStellatoilluminatehisartisticpracticeinhisownwords.Additionalresourcesincludeachronologywithextensivebibliographicandexhibitionreferences.ThisdefinitivepublicationisthemostthoroughexaminationtodateofStella’sastoundingcontributionsinallmedia,whichcementhisroleasoneofthemostimportantpractitionersofmodernabstraction.