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Shards III

Frank Stella American, 1936 - 2024
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About the Artwork

Shards III

1983

Frank Stella

1936 - 2024

American

Unknown

Mixed media on aluminum

Overall: 136 1/2 × 119 3/4 × 24 1/2 inches (3 m 46.7 cm × 304.2 cm × 62.2 cm)

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Contemporary Art after 1950

Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, General Endowment Fund and Benson Ford Fund

1983.35

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Provenance

1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 61, no. 4: Annual Report (1984): p. 10, (fig. 7).

"La Chronique des Arts, Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1984." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Supplement, no. 1394 (March 1985): pl. 279.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Frank Stella, Shards III, 1983, mixed media on aluminum. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund, Friends of Modern Art Fund, et al., 1983.35.

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