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Ellsworth Kelly

Dark Gray Curve (State I)

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000
$8,125
Lot Details
Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
1988
I. 14 1/8 x 71 5/8 in. (35.9 x 181.9 cm)
S. 25 3/4 x 83 3/4 in. (65.4 x 212.7 cm)
signed and numbered 22/25 in pencil (there were also 8 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), 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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