Ellsworth Kelly - Modern and Contemporary Editions New York Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Richard Axsom 56

  • Catalogue Essay

    The artist used a branch from a magnolia tree in Palisades Park, New Jersey for this image.

  • 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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Suite of Plants: Magnolia

1966
Lithograph, on Rives BFK, with full margins,
I. 17 1/2 x 25 in. (44.5 x 63.5 cm).;
S. 24 1/8 x 35 5/8 in. (61.3 x 90.5 cm).

signed and numbered 57/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, a few soft creases, otherwise in good condition, unframed.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $6,875

Modern and Contemporary Editions

21 May 2008, 2pm
New York