Property from an Esteemed Private Collection
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Ellsworth Kelly
Untitled
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
Lot Details
graphite on paper
signed and dated "Aug 30 '60 Kelly" on the reverse
28 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. (72.7 x 57.5 cm)
Executed in 1960.
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Full-Cataloguing
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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