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Two Pink Waterlilies

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Two Pink Waterlilies, 1943, silverpoint and crayon on paper, Collection of B. Dirr.

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Tropical Floral

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Tropical Floral, ca. 1928, oil on canvas, 23 x 16 3/8 inches, collection of C. K. Williams, II.

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Tree, Cactus, Moon

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Tree, Cactus, Moon, ca. 1928, gouache on paper, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, affiliated with Wake Forest University, gift of Betsy Main Babcock, 1979.2.1.

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Tree of My Life

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Tree of My Life, 1919, oil on canvas, 84 × 76 inches, Art Bridges, Bentonville, Arkansas, purchase. Photo © 2018 Christie’s Images Limited.

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The Water Lily

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), The Water Lily, ca. 1924, oil on glass, private collection.

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Still Life

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Still Life, undated, oil on linen, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Waldman. Photo © Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala / Art Resource, New York.

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Self Portrait

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Self Portrait, ca. 1940, gouache, graphite, metalpoint, watercolor and crayon on prepared paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

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Spring (The Procession)

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Spring (The Procession), ca. 1914–1916, oil on canvas, 75 5/16 × 40 3/16 inches, Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Collection Société Anonyme, 1941.692.

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Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Self-Portrait, ca. 1937, silverpoint, crayon, and gouache on illustration board paper, Delaware Art Museum, bequest of Dr. Charles E. Farr, 1974.

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Red Flower

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Red Flower, 1929, oil on canvas, 57 ½ x 38 ¼ inches, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.102. Photo by Dwight Primiano.

Red Flower

Peonies

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Peonies, ca. 1919, metalpoint and crayon on prepared paper, 23 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, 1986.22.

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The Peacock

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), The Peacock, 1919, pastel on paper, 25 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches, private collection. Photo by Roz Akin / Courtesy of Menconi + Schoelkopf, New York.

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Nocturne

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Nocturne, ca. 1918, pastel and watercolor, 23 ¼ x 17 15/16 inches, Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, 1953.51.

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Flowers, Italy

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Flowers, Italy, 1931, oil on canvas, 74 3/4 x 74 3/4 inches, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Marshall, 1964.20.

Flowers, Italy, 1931 (oil On Canvas)

Flower Bud

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Flower Bud, undated, colored pencil and metalpoint with incised lines on white wove paper, 22 3/8 x 27 ¾ inches, Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum, gift of an Anonymous donor, 2008.271. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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Dance of Spring (Song of the Birds)

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Dance of Spring (Song of the Birds), 1924, oil on canvas, 43 3/8 x 22 3/8 inches, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2003.03.01. Photo by James Allison Photography, 2013.

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Untitled (Tree and Leaf)

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Untitled (Tree and Leaf), undated, collage on paper, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, private collection. Photo courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York.

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Capri

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Capri, ca. 1926–1929, oil on canvas, 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches, private collection. Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images.

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Purissima

Joseph Stella (American, born Italy, 1877-1946), Purissima, 1927, oil on canvas, 76 x 57 inches, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Harriet and Elliott Goldstein and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund, 2000.206. Photo by James Schoomaker.

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