Gloucester Harbor

Artist: Frank Stella

Date of Work: c.1953-1954

Medium: Oil on shellacked cardboard, mounted on canvas

Accession Number: 2018.18.1

Credit Line: Bequest of Tamara Greeman, 2018

Collections: Land and Seascapes

 

This early work was painted while Stella was a student at Phillips Academy, in Andover, MA. Using Gloucester’s working harbor as his subject, the painting is a study in form, a contemplation of weight and balance. The repetition of shapes and the flatness of the composition foreshadow the direction Stella’s art would take in coming decades as he moved on to experiment with minimalism and hard-edged painting techniques.

 

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