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Ellsworth Kelly
Pear II (Poire II), from Suite of Plant Lithographs
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- £5,000 - 7,000
£8,750
Lot Details
Lithograph, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
1965-66
I. 61.2 x 40.6 cm (24 1/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
S. 90 x 62 cm (35 3/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
S. 90 x 62 cm (35 3/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
Signed and numbered 74/75 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, unframed.
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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
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