Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗The Whale as a Dish (from The Waves series), 1989
Screenprint · Paper
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Scramble: Ascending Spectrum / Ascending Green Values
Frank Stella (American, 1936–2024) · 1977
£2,866,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,954,507≈ €3,303,682
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated ‘F. Stella '77’ on the overlap; signed, titled and dated ‘SCRAMBLE: ASCENDING SPECTRUM / ASCENDING GREEN VALUES F. Stella ‘77’ on the stretcher · Frank Stella signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 175.3 x 175.3 cm (69 x 69 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010121)
- Date
- April 15, 2021
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 (≈ $2,759,600 – $4,139,400) (≈ €2,305,430 – €3,458,145)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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