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102Ο

Ellsworth Kelly

Burdock

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000
$119,700
Lot Details
ink on paper
inscribed and dated "25 JUNE 1969 LARGE LEAF II P26∙69" on the reverse
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Executed in 1969.

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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