Ellsworth Kelly - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 25, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 1357; Richard H. Axsom 226

  • 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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163

Dark Gray Curve (State I)

1988
Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
I. 14 1/8 x 71 5/8 in. (35.9 x 181.9 cm)
S. 25 3/4 x 83 3/4 in. (65.4 x 212.7 cm)

signed and numbered 22/25 in pencil (there were also 8 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $8,125

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 April 2016