Ellsworth Kelly - Evening & Day Editions London Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | 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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Cyclamen III, from Suite of Plant Lithographs (A. 38)

1964-65
Lithograph, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
I. 68 x 50 cm (26 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
S. 90.2 x 61.4 cm (35 1/2 x 24 1/8 in.)

Signed and numbered 22/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, framed.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for £8,820

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 14-15 June 2022