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Ellsworth Kelly
Craig Johnson
- Estimate
- $20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
graphite on paper
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm.)
Signed "EK" lower right. Titled and dated "CRAIG 6 AUG 1981" lower left. This work is registered with the Ellsworth Kelly archive number EK D 81.4.
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Provenance
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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