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Ellsworth Kelly

Diagonal with Black

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500
$3,250
Lot Details
Aquatint, on Arches cover paper, with full margins,
1981-82
I. 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in (40 x 40 cm)
S. 34 x 29 in (86.4 x 73.7 cm)
signed and numbered 17/18 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), in very good condition, 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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