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Ellsworth Kelly
Cyclamen II, from Suite of Plant Lithographs
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- $5,000 - 7,000
$11,250
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
1964-65
I. 30 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (77.5 x 41.9 cm)
S. 35 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (89.5 x 61.3 cm)
S. 35 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (89.5 x 61.3 cm)
signed and numbered 51/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, unframed.
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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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