Ellsworth Kelly - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 29, 2013 | Phillips

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    Gemini G.E.L. 813
    Richard Axsom 176

  • Artist Biography

    Ellsworth Kelly

    American • 1923 - 2015

    Acting as a vital contributor to the Abstract movement, Ellsworth Kelly focused on color and composition. Becoming inspired by ornithology and the bold coloring of birds, Kelly used a two or three pigment color palette — painted flatly and geometrically — on his canvases. While living in Paris, the artist used Monet's late works as a base for experimenting with expressionism and serial work

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Leaf XI, from Twelve Leaves series

1978
Lithograph, on Arches 88 paper, with full margins,
I. 19 x 25 in (48.3 x 63.5 cm)
S. 30 x 42 in (76.2 x 106.7 cm)

signed, titled and numbered 5/20 in pencil (there were also 9 artist’s proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500 

Sold for $7,500

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Evening & Day Editions

New York 29 April 2013 10am & 6pm