Frank Stella

[Wilfrid]

Aged 87. And it was either earlier this year or late last year I saw a gallery on 5th Avenue near Bergdorf stuffed, absolutely stuffed floor to ceiling with his prolific production.

His work has been something I've seen constantly in this city for a quarter of a century and the seminal book "Working Spaces" taught me so much about how to look at art.

Just to make it smart a little more, the New Yorker has a short obituary in its files by Schjeldahl, who of course missed this.

[Steve R.]

In the mid '80s, I used to play squash with him at the now defunct Park Place Squash club.  The club had tournaments that featured his art on the posters & he offered to sign one to the winner of each division.  A friend of mine won one of the divisions & opted for the club's offer of some cash instead.  I told him that he was a fool.  I still have several of those posters, unfortunately unsigned.

RIP Frank.

 

[backyardchef]

My brother went to school with his offspring. Had not idea he was still alive. Hadn't even thought of him in decades. 

[Wilfrid]

He has been showing relentlessly in New York. I have seen so many gallery shows.

[relbbaddoof]

5 hours ago, backyardchef said:

My brother went to school with his offspring. Had not idea he was still alive. Hadn't even thought of him in decades. 

That makes SteveR a squash-uncle to your brother and you. How often do you think of him?

[backyardchef]

14 hours ago, relbbaddoof said:

That makes SteveR a squash-uncle to your brother and you. How often do you think of him?

I think Steve R and I have a number of racquet sport relatives. I think of @Steve R. more often than he would probably be comfortable knowing. 

[Steve R.]

Aww.