Art & Ideas Gallery Talk Harry Cooper

Harry Cooper, cocurator of Frank Stella 1958, offers an in-depth look at the artist's early years. Cooper is Curator of Modern Art at Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum.
image credits

Frank Stella (b. 1936)

Astoria, 1958
Enamel on canvas
8 ft. 3/4 in. x 8 ft. 3/4 in. (245.7 x 245.7 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Gift of Philip Johnson, 1981
Digital image © The Museum of Modern Art, New York, licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York

Cricket/Kit, 1958
Mixed media assemblage
37 1/4 x 30 x 3 1/2 in. (94.6 x 76.2 x 8.9 cm)
Darby Bannard, Miami
Photo by Darby Bannard

Morro Castle, 1958
Enamel on canvas
6 ft. 7/8 in. x 8 ft. 11 7/8 in. (215 x 274 cm)
Kunstmuseum Basel, G1974.32
Photo by Martin Buhler, Kunstmuseum Basel

All images © 2005 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York