Ellsworth Kelly - Editions & Works on Paper New York Friday, July 24, 2020 | Phillips

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    Gemini G.E.L. 464
    Richard Axsom 89

  • 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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133

White Bar with Black

1973
Lithograph with additions in pencil, on Arjomari paper, with full margins.
I. 21 1/4 x 34 in. (54 x 86.4 cm)
S. 29 1/4 x 42 in. (74.3 x 106.7 cm)

Signed and numbered 5/50 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500 

Sold for $6,250

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 23 - 24 July 2020