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Ellsworth Kelly
Untitled, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary (G. 1149, A. 201)
- Estimate
- £5,000 - 7,000‡
£10,160
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Arches 88 paper, with full margins.
1983
I. 48.3 x 73.7 cm (19 x 29 in.)
S. 73.7 x 104.5 cm (29 x 41 1/8 in.)
S. 73.7 x 104.5 cm (29 x 41 1/8 in.)
Signed and numbered 210/250 in pencil (there were also 43 artist's proofs), co-published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, framed.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American | B. 1923 D. 2015Acting 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