Ellsworth Kelly - Evening & Day Editions New York Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | Phillips
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    Gemini G.E.L. 2018; Richard Axsom 309

  • 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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Orange, from Artists Coming Together to Benefit Democratic Presidential Candidates

2004
Lithograph in orange, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (29.2 x 19.7 cm)
S. 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Signed and numbered 231/250 in pencil (there were also 44 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$3,000 - 4,000 

Sold for $5,000

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 23 April 2019