Le Neveu de Rameau, Frank Stella (United States, b. 1936), 1974, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 135 in. Gift of Martin Z. Margulies
This 11 foot by 11 foot square acrylic painting features a series of concentric squares in oranges, reds, greens, and blues, with a small orange square at its center. The square bands of color resemble thin frames nestled one inside the other, receding toward the small orange square at the center. The corners of the concentric squares line up precisely, creating the illusion of straight lines running from the outer corners toward the center of the canvas. The largest squares near the outer edges of the canvas are orange, golden yellow, and brick red. The mid-sized squares are shades of dark blue and purple, and the squares near the center are red, yellow and orange. This pattern – warm at the edges, dark near the middle, and bright at the center – helps create a tunnel effect. The small square at the center resembles a distant light at the far end of a precisely patterned tunnel.
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