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Ellsworth Kelly

Black Variation V

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500
$3,750
Lot Details
Lithograph and etching with debossing, on Rives paper, with full margins,
1975
I. 29 x 28 3/4 in (73.7 x 73 cm);
S. 39 1/2 x 38 1/4 in (100.3 x 97.2 cm)
signed and numbered 17/21 in pencil (there were also 11 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), 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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