Frank Stella
American · 1936–2024 · Painter, Printmaker
Frank Philip Stella was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New… (Wikipedia)
Own a work by Frank Stella? Get a free auction estimate →
4 works by Frank Stella with an auction history (offered more than once) →
9 works by Frank Stella coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓
Record prices
Concentric SquarePhillips · $3,973,000≈ £2,523,661≈ €3,189,627Sign up to see
Scramble: Ascending Spectrum / Ascending Green ValuesPhillips · £2,866,000≈ $3,954,507≈ €3,303,682Sign up to see
Scramble: Descending Blue Values/Ascending SpectrumPhillips · $3,020,000≈ £2,357,717≈ €2,695,707Sign up to see
Frank Stella’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
9 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
639 results · page 16 of 16
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $3,000–5,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,500–3,500
- Ostropol I, 1973Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $500,000–700,000
- Aqua Caliente, 1970Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $20,000–30,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 100,000–150,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000,000–7,000,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–3,000
- Aqua Caliente, 1970Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $40,000–60,000
- Stubb's Supper (S-1, 1X), 1986-1987Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $60,000–80,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 280,000–320,000
Also offered, result not published (37)
Lots by Frank Stella that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Frank Stella paintings (25)Frank Stella oil paintings (5)Frank Stella acrylic paintings (15)Frank Stella mixed media (4)Frank Stella works on paper (28)Frank Stella gouaches (6)Frank Stella drawings (8)Frank Stella prints (551)Frank Stella etchings (40)Frank Stella engravings (4)Frank Stella aquatints (3)Frank Stella lithographs (380)Frank Stella screenprints (99)Frank Stella woodcuts & linocuts (6)Frank Stella sculpture (15)
Frank Stella signature
332 catalogued lots by Frank Stella record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (48% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signed, numbered and dated '10/49 F. Stella '82' lower right
— Shards Variant IVa, Phillips, May 20, 2026Titled and dated "OSTROPOL I 1973" on the reverse; signed and dated "Stella 73" on the stretcher
— Ostropol I, Phillips, May 13, 2025Signed, titled and dated "Aqua Caliente F. Stella '70" lower left
— Aqua Caliente, Phillips, Feb 28, 2025
About Frank Stella
Frank Philip Stella was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New York City for much of his career before moving his studio to Rock Tavern, New York. Stella's work catalyzed the minimalist movement in the late 1950s. He moved to New York City in the late 1950s, where he created works which emphasized the picture-as-object. These were influenced by the abstract expressionist work of artists like Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock.
From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
In museum collections
Wikimedia Commons · Public domainBear Mountain, 1995
Wikimedia Commons · Public domainNewburgh, 1995
Wikimedia Commons · Public domainGarrison, 1995
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
