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

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    Gemini G.E.L. 266;
    Richard Axsom 75

  • 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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247

Blue/Red-Orange/Green

1970-1971
Lithograph in colors, on Arjomari paper, with full margins,
I. 32 x 13 in (81.3 x 33 cm);
S. 42 x 29 3/4 in (106.7 x 75.6 cm)

signed and numbered 20/64 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), occasional soiling and soft rubbing, creasing and wear at corners (with an associated short tear at lower right corner), otherwise in very good condition, unframed.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for $6,875

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Evening & Day Editions

New York 29 April 2013 10am & 6pm