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Ellsworth Kelly
Cyclamen III, from Suite of Plant Lithographs (A. 38)
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- £6,000 - 8,000‡
£8,820
Lot Details
Lithograph, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
1964-65
I. 68 x 50 cm (26 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
S. 90.2 x 61.4 cm (35 1/2 x 24 1/8 in.)
S. 90.2 x 61.4 cm (35 1/2 x 24 1/8 in.)
Signed and numbered 22/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, framed.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American | B. 1923 D. 2015Acting 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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