Ellsworth Kelly - Editions New York Wednesday, June 8, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 461; Richard Axsom 88

  • 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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10

Black and White Pyramid

1973
Screenprint with embossing, on Arjomari paper, with full margins,
I. 22 3/4 x 36 in. (57.8 x 91.4 cm);
S. 32 9/16 x 46 in. (82.7 x 116.8 cm)

signed and numbered 43/50 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), a few minute spots of soiling at lower left margin corner, a small black spot at upper right margin corner, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500 

Sold for $2,250

Editions

8 June 2011 New York