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Ellsworth Kelly

Grapefruit (Pamplemousse), from Suite of Plant Lithographs

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000
$9,375
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
1964-1965
I. 26 x 18 in (66 x 45.7 cm)
S. 35 1/2 x 24 1/8 in (90.2 x 61.3 cm)
signed and numbered 26/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, occasional minor soiling, pale mat staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Ellsworth Kelly

American | B. 1923 D. 2015
Acting 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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