FRANK STELLA (Malden 1936–lives and works in New York City) Then came water and quenched the fire. 1984. Colour lithograph, -linocut and -screenprint with Collage, handcoloured. AP I, artist's proof from an edition of 10, outside the edition of 60. Signed and dated in pencil lower centre: F. Stella 84. Sheet size 137 × 131 cm on thin cardboard by T.H. Saunders. Published by Waddington Graphics, London. Printed by Brand X and in Stella's atelier. Sheet 7 from the 12 part series "Illustrations after El Lissitzky's Had Gadya". Provenance: - Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin. - Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Germany. Catalogue raisonné: Axsom, no. 176. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.