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Ellsworth Kelly is known for being an influential American artist. His work helped popularize hard-edge painting, the practice of creating sharp, bold transitions between colors. Some of his most famous paintings include Colors for a Large Wall, Four Panels, Red Blue Green and Yellow Piece. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Ellsworth Kelly art.
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Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Minimalism Modern Paris
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Title: "Galerie Maeght"
Year: 1958
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: ...
Category
1950s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Derrière Le Miroir No. 149 (page 8, 9) /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Title: "Untitled (page 8, 9)"
Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir (No. 149)
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1964
Medium: Origina...
Category
1960s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Gemini G.E.L. LLC, published by Th...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Colorfield Art
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Title: "Galerie Maeght"
Year: 1964
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer...
Category
1960s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Blue
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) is one of the masters of American minimalism.
He is collected internationally and renowned for his signature hypnotic shapes realized in bold saturated colors.
Like many artists who had served in the US military during WWII, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill and moved to Paris in the late 1940s returning to the US in 1954. By the end of the decade, he had established his reputation as part of the new wave of artists rejecting the dominance of abstract expressionism in American art. Kelly was notably included in the legendary exhibition 16 Americans at the MoMA (NYC)
Kelly was one of the first artists, along with Frank Stella, to use unconventional creatively shaped canvases, contributing to the nascent genre of Minimalism. Similar to Stella, Kelly began to explore printmaking in the 1960s and it became an essential part of his practice.
"Red Blue...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ellsworth Kelly, Till Brancusi (Diagonal with Curve VIII)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Signed in pencil, lower margin
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset