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Ellsworth Kelly
Colored Paper Image XV (Dark Gray and Blue), from Colored Paper Images series
1976
Colored and pressed paper pulp, on white HMP handmade paper, with full margins.
I. 29 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (74.3 x 74.3 cm)
S. 32 x 31 in. (81.3 x 78.7 cm)
S. 32 x 31 in. (81.3 x 78.7 cm)
Signed and numbered 22/23 in pencil (there were also 8 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York (with their and the artist's blindstamps), 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