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Ellsworth Kelly
Green (Vert), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs
1964-65
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 24 7/8 x 18 in. (63.2 x 45.7 cm)
S. 35 x 23 1/2 in. (88.9 x 59.7 cm)
S. 35 x 23 1/2 in. (88.9 x 59.7 cm)
Signed and numbered 5/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 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