Raqqa II
Artist
Frank Stella
American, 1936–2024
Date1970
MediumSynthetic polymer and graphite on canvas
Dimensions120 x 300 in. (304.8 x 762.0 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object number82.16
On View
On viewSharon Bloom, "North Carolina Museum to Reopen in New Building," Pantheon 41 (January-March 1983), 82, 84, illus.(b-w) 84.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 279.
Maurice Cope, "Painting: 5. History-Western," Encyclopedia Americana 21 (1984), noted 259, illus. (color) 258.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (color) 280.
Joe Rada, "From Classical to Contemporary," Southern Living 27 (December 1992), noted 30.
Mortimer Adler, Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas (New York: Macmillan, 1994), illus. (b-w) opp. 84.
Sidney Guberman, Frank Stella: An Illustrated Biography (New York: Rizzoli, 1995), 109, illus. (color) 116-17.
Fred Chappell, "The Phantom Pattern: A Pantoum," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 120-121, illus. (color) 120.
Virginia Burden, entry for Raqqa II, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 236, illus. (color).
Joseph A. Gatto, Albert W. Porter, and Jack Selleck, Exploring Visual Design: The Elements and Priniciples (Worcester: Davis Publications, Inc., 2000), illus. (color) 158.
Ken Smith, "As I See It," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (March/April 1999), 28, illus. (b-w) 29.
"Membership Matters," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Winter 2008), discussed and illus. (color and color detail) 5.
Virginia Burden, entry for Raqqa II, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 504, illus. (color) 504-505.
Fred Chappell, "The Phantom Pattern: A Pantoum" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 186.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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