Ellsworth Kelly - Modern and Contemporary Editions New York Sunday, November 23, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Richard Axsom 196; Gemini G.E.L. 995

  • 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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The Concorde Series: Concorde I

1982
Etching and aquatint, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
I. 27 x 19 in. (68.6 x 48.3 cm)
S. 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (105.4 x 74.9 cm)

signed and numbered 3/18 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), minor soiling, time staining, otherwise in good condition, framed.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $8,125

Modern and Contemporary Editions

23 Nov 2008, 2pm
New York