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Ellsworth Kelly
Blue with Black II (Gemini G.E.L. 534, A. 98)
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- £4,000 - 6,000‡
£10,710
Lot Details
Screenprint in colours, on Special Arjomari paper, with full margins.
1974
I. 47 x 40.3 cm (18 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.)
S. 77.4 x 70.8 cm (30 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)
S. 77.4 x 70.8 cm (30 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)
Signed and numbered 37/50 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), unframed.
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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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