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Ellsworth Kelly

Locust (Acacia), from Suite of Plant Lithographs

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000
$8,750
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
1965-66
I. 13 x 27 in. (33 x 68.6 cm)
S. 24 x 35 1/4 in. (61 x 89.5 cm)
Signed and numbered 59/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, framed.

Ellsworth Kelly

American | B. 1923 D. 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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