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

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    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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Untitled, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio

1988
Lithograph in violet, on Arches 88 paper, with full margins,
I. 20 x 28 1/2 in (50.8 x 72.4 cm);
S. 29 x 41 1/8 in (73.7 x 104.5 cm)

signed and numbered 88/250 in pencil (there were also 43 artist's proofs), published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, generally in very good condition, framed

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for $5,000

Modern & Contemporary Editions

Editions
25 January 2012
New York