A brightly colored pastel of various, abstract, angular shapes.

Futurist Composition

Joseph Stella (1877-1946)

Date

1914
Object Type

Drawings
Medium

Pastel and graphite on paper
Dimensions

16 3/8 x 21 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. signed and dated in graphite, partially cut off: lla 1914 [Stella 1914]
Verso:
u.l. edge, in graphite: 2846 RM
[removed] printed label: BARBARA MATHES GALLERY \ 41 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NY 10022 \ A2467 Joseph Stella (1877 - 1946) [typewritten] \ FUTURIST COMPOSITION [typewritten] \ Pastel over pencil on paper [typewritten] \ 16 3/8 X 21 7/8 inches [typewritten] \ (41.5 X 55.5 cm) [typewritten] \ Signed, dated lower center: [typewritten] \ Stella 1914 [typewritten]
[removed] printed label: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART \ 945 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ [line] \ JS94.47.1 \ Jospeh Stella \ Futurist Composition [underlined], 1914 \ pastel and graphite on paper, 16 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. \ Collection of Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York \ JOSEPH STELLA \ April 22 - October 9, 1994
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase with funds provided by the Council
Accession Number

1995.15
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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