SOLD Bird in Flight
by Joseph Stella (1877–1946)20⅞ x 20⅞ inches (round) (sight size)
Signed lower right: Jo. Stella
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Provenance
The artist
Giovanni Stella, Maryland, brother of the artist, by descent from above, 1946
Mrs. Giovanni Stella, wife of above, by descent from above
Josephine M. Lettera, acquired from above
Pensler Galleries, Washington, DC
Private collection, acquired from above
Sale, Sotheby’s Online, July 20, 2021, lot 55, from above
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
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Song of the Nightingale, ca. 1917, oil on canvas, 15¾ x 9½ inches, signed lower center; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Artist Biography
An American Futurist painter and a leading figure in the origins of American Modernism
By Alexandra A. Jopp
An Italian-born member of the American avant-garde, Joseph Stella became famous for radiant, Futurist-influenced paintings of New York and particularly the Brooklyn Bridge
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I. Biography
Joseph Stella is an elusive figure in the history of American art. His unpredictable,
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