THE MODERNIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER IS PUBLISHED BY THE CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM, PRINTED IN 2001 IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION. IT FEATURES A MID CENTURY MODERNIST MASTERPIECE ARTWORK IMAGE ORIGINALLY CREATED BY STELLA IN 1969 FROM THE PROTRACTOR SERIES TITLED " TAKHT-I-SULAYMAN VARIATION I ", COLLECTION CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM, GIFT ROSE M. SHUEY FROM THE SHUEY COLLECTION, COPYRIGHT 2001 FRANK STELLA/ ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY ( ARS ) NEW YORK.

FRANK STELLA ( B. 1936 ) IS AN AMERICAN PAINTER, SCULPTOR AND PRINTMAKER NOTED FOR HIS WORK IN THE AREAS OF MINIMALISM AND POST-PAINTERLY ABSTRACTION. WORKING SINCE THE 1950'S, STELLA HAS CREATED A MODERNIST STYLE ABSTRACTION AND SINGULAR CREATIVE VOICE THAT IS UNIQUE UNTO HIMSELF. HE IS HERALDED FOR CREATING ABSTRACT PAINTINGS THAT BEAR NO PICTORIAL ILLUSIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL OR METAPHYSICAL REFERENCES IN 20TH CENTURY ART. ARTWORKS BY STELLA ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS.

THE TAKHT-I-SULAYMAN VARIATION ARTWORKS ARE FROM STELLAS " PROTRACTOR SERIES " HE BEGAN IN THE LATE 1960'S, PAINTING BRIGHT CURVED BANDS OF COLOR ON LARGE CANVASES CUT TO RESEMBLE THE SEMI CIRCULAR SHAPES OF PROTRACTORS. WITH BOLD RAINBOW PALETTES, THE SERIES MARKED A CREATIVE TURNING POINT FOR THE MINIMALIST ARTIST. STELLA WAS INSPIRED TO EXPERIMENT WITH CIRCULAR CURVES AFTER A 1963 TRIP TO IRAN LEFT HIM FASCINATED BY THE ROUNDED AND BRIGHTLY COLORED PATTERNS OF ISLAMIC ART, AND THE HISTORIC CITIES WITH CIRCULAR PLANS. HE TITLED THE ARTWORKS AFTER ANCIENT CITIES IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST. " TAKHT-I-SULAYMAN VARIATION I " REFERENCES THE ORNAMENTATION OF IRAN AND MOROCCO BOTH IN NAME AND IN FORM.

IN 2001 FORTY SIX WORLD CLASS WORKS OF POSTWAR EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE WERE DONATED BY ROSE M. SHUEY, TRANSFORMING THE CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM'S HOLDINGS. THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAMOUS CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS MICHIGAN, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FINE ART MUSEUMS IN AMERICA. KNOWN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE INFLUENTIAL WORK OF THE ART ACADEMY FACULTY AND ALUMNI, INCLUDING EILIEL AND LOJA SAARINEN, CARL MIILES, RAY AND CHARLES EAMES, HARRY BERTOIA, KATHERINE AND MICHAEL MCCOY, AND MANY OTHERS. 

THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE FRANK STELLA FANS AND COLLECTORS AS THIS COVETED IMAGE LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE DR. JOHN & ROSE M. SHUEY COLLECTION, IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND.

THE MODERNIST FRAMED EXHIBITION POSTER PRINT MEASURES 37 1/4" W X 25 1/8" H X 1 1/2" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED WITH UV PROTECTIVE PLEXIGLASS IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN NATURAL WHITE OAK WOOD SATIN FINISH MUSEUM BOX STYLE FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION.

IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CONDITION. THE POSTER PRINT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND VERY LIGHT SURFACE WEAR. IT IS BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.