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Frank Stella  born 1936

Frank Stella Hyena Stomp 1962
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002
Hyena Stomp  1962

Oil on canvas
support: 1956 x 1956 mm frame: 1982 x 1981 x 91 mm
painting

Purchased 1965

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The title Hyena Stomp comes from a track by the American jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. Stella was thinking about syncopation while working on the painting.
 (From the display caption September 2004)