Ellsworth Kelly - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | Phillips

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  • 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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Dark Gray Curve, from Fans series

1988
Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins.
I. 14 1/4 x 72 in. (36.2 x 182.9 cm)
S. 26 x 84 in. (66 x 213.4 cm)

Signed and numbered 'SP III' in pencil (one of four special proofs, the edition was 25 and 8 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamp), framed.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $21,250

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 24 April 2018