Frank Stella "Benjamin Moore Series (complete set of six)" color lithographs, 1971. All signed and dated lower right with the blindstamp of the publisher, Gemini G.E.L. From a mixed set. Sheets: 16"H x 22"W; Frames: 23.375"H x 29.375"W. LITERATURE: Axsom, 57 - 62. Gemini G.E.L., 296-301. NOTE: From the following editions: 15/100 (Palmito Ranch - Yellow); 87/100 (Island No. 10 - Green); AP VI (New Madrid - Orange); AP VI (Delaware Crossing - Red); 87/100 (Hampton Roads - Blue); AP VI (Sabine Pass - Purple). Created a decade after the original canvases of the same name, Frank Stella's (American, b. 1936) "Benjamin Moore" lithographs replicate each of the original bold designs and "straight out of the can" color positioned in the lower left of each sheet. While referencing the minimalist vocabulary of Stella's early Black and Copper paintings, Stella combines the use of readymade color with simple linear variations on the square positioned within a larger rectangle, quoting the elemental simplicity of pure form while working within a self-imposed constraint.