Ellsworth Kelly - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 585
    Richard Axsom 105

  • 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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Blue 2 (G. 585, A. 105)

1973-1975
Lithograph in blue with embossing, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 28 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (73.3 x 73.3 cm)
S. 39 5/8 x 39 in. (100.6 x 99.1 cm)

Signed and numbered 17/24 in pencil (there were also 11 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $21,590

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 18 - 20 April 2023