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Ellsworth Kelly
Black Diagonal Relief
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- $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
$1,143,000
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oil on canvas, 2 joined panels
signed, signed with the artist’s initials, inscribed and dated “Kelly EK #952 2006” on the overlap; signed, titled and dated “ELLSWORTH KELLY “BLACK DIAGONAL RELIEF” 2006” on the backing board
84 x 47 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (213.4 x 120.7 x 7 cm)
Painted in 2006, in the United States.
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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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