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Property from the Estate of Marlyn Brill, New York

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Ellsworth Kelly

Lemon Branch (Branche de Citron), from Suite of Plant Lithographs (A. 57)

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000
$18,900
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
1965-1966
I. 31 x 10 in. (78.7 x 25.4 cm)
S. 35 1/2 x 23 7/8 in. (90.2 x 60.6 cm)
Signed and numbered 57/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, framed.

Further Details

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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