Frank Stella's new NFTs

A Stella sculpture of your own: NFTs for 3D printing

Having already produced complex sculptures himself with 3D printers, Frank Stella is now letting future buyers decide: His new NFT series includes instructions for printing so that those interested can produce their own Stella sculpture. From 9 September, the NFTs will be available for purchase for 1,000 US dollars.

September 05, 2022

On 9 September, the Artist Right Society launches a new platform called Arsnl. New NFTs by Frank Stella will be for sale there for 1,000 US dollars each. The special feature: The NFTs, which are published in an edition of 100, come with instructions for 3D printing so that future owners can create their own Stella sculptures. The size of the object is flexible.

Frank Stella (*1936) has been known for his colour field paintings since the 1950s and is also considered an important sculptor and object artist. He has already experimented with 3D printer sculptures himself. »NFTs were the natural next step«, Stella said. »NFTs are exciting. [...] We can build in resale rights; that’s something we’ve worked, rather fruitlessly, on for decades. It will be wonderful if technology can give us what the government never would.«Art.Salon

Recent auction results of Frank Stella

Frank Stella - Polar Co-ordinates VIII, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson
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Prints & Multiples
October 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Realised: 10.240 USD
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Frank Stella - Sinjerli Variation IA
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Prints & Multiples
October 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Realised: 3.840 USD
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Frank Stella - Ileana Sonnabend, from Purple Series
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Prints & Multiples
October 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: 3.200 USD
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Frank Stella - York Factory II
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Prints & Multiples
October 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Frank Stella - Double Gray Scramble
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Prints & Multiples
October 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Realised: 121.150 USD
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Frank Stella - One Small Goat Papa Bought for Two Zuzim, from: Illustrations After El Lissitzky\'s Had Gadya
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Prints and Multiples
September 2024
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Realised: 15.120 GBP
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Frank Stella - Casa Cornu from aluminium series, 1970
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Prints and MultiplesPrivate collection lots 1-68
September 2024
Bonhams, Brussels
Est.: 1.500 - 2.000 EUR
Realised: 2.816 EUR
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Frank Stella - Avicenna from aluminium series, 1970
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Prints and MultiplesPrivate collection lots 1-68
September 2024
Bonhams, Brussels
Est.: 1.800 - 2.500 EUR
Realised: 2.048 EUR
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Frank Stella - Newstead Abbey from Aluminium series, 1970
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Prints and MultiplesPrivate collection lots 1-68
September 2024
Bonhams, Brussels
Est.: 1.800 - 2.500 EUR
Realised: not available
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Frank Stella - Six Mile Bottom from the Aluminum series,1970
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Prints and MultiplesPrivate collection lots 1-68
September 2024
Bonhams, Brussels
Est.: 1.800 - 2.500 EUR
Realised: not available
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