Telluride
1970
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color lithograph and screenprint on Special Arjomari wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 40.5 x 56 cm (15 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1985.47.216
Art Historical Context
Frank Stella's *Telluride* (1970) is a vibrant color lithograph and screenprint on Special Arjomari wove paper, measuring 40.5 x 56 cm. This print exemplifies Stella's innovative approach during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he bridged his bold Minimalist paintings—known for their shaped canvases and concentric forms—with the dynamic possibilities of printmaking. By combining lithography's precise lines and tonal gradations with screenprinting's flat, saturated colors, Stella created layered compositions that pulse with energy, evoking the jagged peaks of Colorado's Telluride region, af...
About the Artist
Frank Stella
Frank Stella, born on May 12, 1936, in Malden, Massachusetts, to first-generation Italian-American parents, grew up immersed in art from an early age. His father, a gynecologist who painted houses to fund medical school, enlisted young Stella in sanding and scraping tasks as an informal apprenticeship, while his mother, an artist who painted landscapes, further nurtured his creative inclinations. ...