Property from an Important Private American Collection
198
Ellsworth Kelly
Concorde III (State), from Concorde Series (G. 1004, A. 198a)
- Estimate
- $3,000 - 5,000
$4,788
Lot Details
Aquatint, on Arches paper, with full margins.
1981-1982
I. 26 x 19 in. (66 x 48.3 cm)
S. 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (105.4 x 74.9 cm)
S. 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (105.4 x 74.9 cm)
Signed, annotated 'state' and numbered 16/18 in pencil, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamp), 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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