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

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  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 265; Richard Axsom 74

  • 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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164

Blue/White/Red

1970-71
Lithograph in colors, on Arjomari paper, with full margins,
I. 32 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (81.9 x 27.3 cm)
S. 42 3/8 x 29 7/8 in. (107.6 x 75.9 cm)

signed and numbered 21/54 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $5,625

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 April 2016