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Ellsworth Kelly
Coral Leaf (1)
- Estimate
- $60,000 - 80,000
$106,250
Lot Details
graphite on paper
signed, titled, inscribed and dated “1/13 CORAL LEAF Kelly 1987” on the reverse
28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1987.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
“I did not want to ‘invent’ pictures, so my sources were in nature, which to me includes everything seen." - Ellsworth Kelly
Provenance
Exhibited
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
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