Ellsworth Kelly - Evening & Day Editions New York Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | Phillips
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    Gemini G.E.L. 263
    Richard Axsom 72

  • Artist Biography

    Ellsworth Kelly

    American • 1923 - 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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Four Panels

1970-71
Screenprint in colors, on Arjomari paper, with full margins, adhered along the edges.
I. 28 7/8 x 54 in. (73.3 x 137.2 cm)
S. 36 7/8 x 61 7/8 in. (93.7 x 157.2 cm)

Signed and numbered 6/50 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $10,625

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 17 October 2018