Ellsworth Kelly - Modern & Contemporary Editions New York Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | Phillips

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    Gemini G.E.L. 1889

  • Artist Biography

    Ellsworth Kelly

    American • 1923 - 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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Diptych: Dark Blue/Dark Green

2001
The complete set of two lithographs in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
both I. 27 1/8 x 25 7/8 in (68.9 x 65.7 cm);
both S. 41 3/8 x 40 1/4 in (105.1 x 102.2 cm)

A/B signed and numbered 34/45, and both annotated `A/B' and `B/B' respectively in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), both in very good condition, both unframed.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $8,125

Modern & Contemporary Editions

Editions
25 January 2012
New York