Ellsworth Kelly - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | Phillips

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  • 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 and Orange (Bleu et Orange), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (A. 8)

1964-65
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 15 7/8 x 27 1/8 in. (40.3 x 68.9 cm)
S. 23 1/2 x 35 in. (59.7 x 88.9 cm)

Signed and numbered 54/75 in pencil (there were also 6 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, framed.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $8,890

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 24-26 October 2023