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129Ο

Ellsworth Kelly

Wild Grape

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000
$126,000
Lot Details
graphite on paper
signed "Kelly" lower right; titled and inscribed "X Wild Grape II" on the reverse
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (42.5 x 34.9 cm)
Executed in 1960.

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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