No Reserve
6
Ellsworth Kelly
EK/Green; and Jack/Gray (G. 1429 & 1431, A. 250 & 252)
- Estimate
- $3,000 - 5,000•
$1,260
Lot Details
Two lithographs in colors, on Arches 88 paper, the full sheets.
1990
EK/Green S. 47 x 37 in. (119.4 x 94 cm)
Jack/Gray S. 47 x 38 in. (119.4 x 96.5 cm)
Jack/Gray S. 47 x 38 in. (119.4 x 96.5 cm)
Both signed and numbered 23/50 and 23/35 in pencil respectively (there were also 10 and 8 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, both framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
From a series of lithographs, EK/Green captures the artist himself in an unusual self-portrait, while Jack/Gray depicts Kelly's husband, the American photographer Jack Shear (b. 1953).
Literature
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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