Ellsworth Kelly - Modern & Contemporary Editions New York Sunday, November 21, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 994; Richard Axsom 195

  • 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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The Concorde series: Diagonal with Black

1982
Aquatint and etching, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
I. 15 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (40 x 40.3 cm;
S. 34 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (87 x 74.3 cm)

signed and numbered 8/18 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), pale time staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for $2,500

Modern & Contemporary Editions

21 Nov 2010
New York