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Arbeit Macht Frei from Black Series I,
1967

Frank Stella, 1936–2024, born Malden, MA; active and died New York, NY
Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

2018-96

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Title

Arbeit Macht Frei from Black Series I

Dates

1967

Maker

Frank Stella

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Medium

Two color lithograph

Dimensions

image: 23.5 × 37.2 cm (9 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.) sheet: 38 × 55.8 cm (14 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.) frame: 43.8 × 61 × 3.8 cm (17 1/4 × 24 × 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann Freedman in honor of Preston H. Haskell

Object Number

2018-96

Place Made

North America, United States, California, Los Angeles

Signatures

Numbered, signed, and dated in graphite at lower right: 48/100 F. Stella 67

Inscription

in graphite on verso: workshop number FS67-135

Marks/Labels/Seals

Workshop stamp in black on verso: Gemini G.E.L Los Angeles, Calif.

Reference Numbers

Axsom 2016 10

Culture

American

Type

lithographs, prints

Techniques

lithography

Subject

stripes

Acquired from the artist by William Rubin (1927-2006), New York; Ann Freedman, Freedman Art, New York; offered here by Ann Freedman as a gift in Honor of Preston Haskell, Class of 1960.

<p>"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2018," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 77/78 (2017-18)</p>, p. 187

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Frank Stella (1936–2024, born Malden, MA; active and died New York, NY), Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, Arbeit Macht Frei from Black Series I, 1967. Two color lithograph; 23.5 × 37.2 cm (image), 38 × 55.8 cm (sheet), 43.8 × 61 × 3.8 cm (frame). Gift of Ann Freedman in honor of Preston H. Haskell (2018-96) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/134474

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