Ellsworth Kelly - Modern and Contemporary Editions New York Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 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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Color Paper Image XI (Gray Curves with Brown)

1976
Pressed paper pulp in colors, the full sheet,
S. 46 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (118.1 x 82.6 cm).
signed and numbered 13/18 in pencil (there were also 7 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford (with their blindstamp), a few foxmarks in the bottom margin, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $12,500

Modern and Contemporary Editions

21 May 2008, 2pm
New York