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Ellsworth Kelly

Two Blacks and White (G. 459, A. 86)

1973
Screenprint with embossing, on Arjomari paper, with full margins.
I. 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
S. 23 1/4 x 47 1/4 in. (59.1 x 120 cm)
Signed and numbered 8/75 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse), see condition report, framed.

Ellsworth Kelly

American | B. 1923 D. 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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