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Ellsworth Kelly
Diptych: Dark Blue/Dark Green (G. 1889, A. 298)
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- £4,000 - 6,000‡
£4,515
Lot Details
The complete set of two lithographs in colours, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
2001
Dark Blue (A) I. 68.6 x 66.3 cm (27 x 26 1/8 in.)
Dark Green (B) I. 68.6 x 68.1 cm (27 x 26 3/4 in.)
both S. 104.9 x 101.7 cm (41 1/4 x 40 in.)
Dark Green (B) I. 68.6 x 68.1 cm (27 x 26 3/4 in.)
both S. 104.9 x 101.7 cm (41 1/4 x 40 in.)
Dark Green signed and numbered 40/45 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), both annotated 'A/B' and 'B/B' respectively in pencil, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (both with their blindstamps), printed in the United States, both 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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