Ellsworth Kelly - Editions & Works on Paper New York Monday, October 24, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, New York

  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 957
    Richard Axsom 192

  • 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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191

St. Martin Tropical Plant, from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc. (G. 957, A. 192)

1981
Lithograph, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 20 x 20 1/2 in. (50.8 x 52.1 cm)
S. 26 x 34 in. (66 x 86.4 cm)

Signed and numbered 32/50 in pencil (there were also 11 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamp), unframed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $9,450

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 24 - 26 October 2022