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Ellsworth Kelly Art

American, 1923-2015

Ellsworth Kelly was one of the key figures in postwar American art, exercising major influence on the fields of Pop art, minimalism, Color-Field and hard-edge painting. Widely known for his brightly colored geometric compositions, he was among the first artists, alongside his contemporary Frank Stella, to use irregularly shaped canvases. Although highly abstract, Kelly’s paintings and prints are precise expressions in color and form of his sensory experience of the world.

Kelly's works, both two- and three-dimensional, are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and displayed at such sites as the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

Kelly grew up in the town of Newburgh, New York, near the Oradell Reservoir. He was an avid birder as a child and loved the colorful illustrations of naturalist John James Audubon. Encouraged to study art by a high school teacher, he enrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, remaining there until 1943, when he was inducted into the army. During World War II, he served along with scores of other artists, in a unit known as the Ghost Army, where he learned the elements of camouflage while creating ersatz trucks and tanks intended to mislead Axis forces.

When the war was over, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, drawing inspiration from the museum's collections, and, later, at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in Paris. While in France, he immersed himself in the varied artistic movements and styles represented there and befriended Americans avant-gardists, such as composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, as well as the German-French Surrealist Jean Arp and Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși.

Upon his return to the United States, in 1954, he found himself at odds with the dominant style of the period, Abstract Expressionism, which favored a dynamic and energetic application of paint in a loose manner. Like Stella, Kelly was interested in formal precision and explorations of color. Following an exhibition of his work at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1956, Kelly’s work was included in the "Young America 1957” show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

During the 1960s, Kelly played with color and form to tease out and celebrate the tension between a painting’s subject and its background. In one of his most famous works, 1963's Red Blue Green, for example, two shapes, one red, one blue, both contrast and resonate with a green background that extends to the edge of the canvas on both sides, appearing at moments to be the work’s primary shape. To explore this relationship between form and ground further, Kelly began using nontraditional, shaped canvases, as in the monochromatic 1966 Yellow Piece, from, whose two curved corners draws the eye to the wall behind it, as though the gallery wall itself were part of the composition. A lithograph from the same period, Blue and Orange consists of two shapes in the title’s complementary colors facing off against one another with a tension that makes them appear almost animated.

Kelly made drawings and prints throughout his career, using plants and flowers as his primary source of inspiration. Like his paintings, his drawings tend to be relatively flat in perspective, but they are rarely abstract. A 1993 drawing of an oak leaf is clearly representational, but rendered with very minimal color and line. In the mid-1960s, he produced the series “Suite of Twenty-Seven Lithographs” with the Paris-based Maeght Éditeur.

Later, collaborating with Gemini G.E.L., he created very large-scale works, such as 1988’s Purple/Red/Gray/Orange, which is 18 feet long and might be one of the biggest lithographs ever made. Kelly produced 140 sculptures, including the aluminum White Curves, created for the Fondation Beyeler, in Riehen, Switzerland, in 2002. In his three-dimensional works, as in his paintings, Kelly used form, color and light to play with perceptions of surface and depth, inviting viewers to look closely and see the world in a new way.

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Artist: Ellsworth Kelly
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: Original...
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1960s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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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...
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1960s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Kelly, Galerie Maeght (Red over Green)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris
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1960s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

original lithograph
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1982 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 250, dedicated in homage to Aime and Marguerite Maeght) and published in Paris by the ...
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1980s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Blue/Green
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Blue/Green Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Special Arjomari paper Edition: 75; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 39 1/2 × 37 1/2 in (100.3 × 95.3 ...
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1970s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Red-Orange/Yellow/Blue
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Red-Orange/Yellow/Blue Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Special Arjomari paper Edition: 75; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 42 3/10 × 29 7/10 in...
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1970s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Black/White/Black
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Black/White/Black Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Special Arjomari paper Edition: 75; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 42 3/10 × 29 4/5 in (107.4...
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1970s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Fondation Maeght (Red, Yellow, Blue) /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Fondation Maeght (Red, Yellow, Blue)" *Issued unsigned Year: 2005 Medium: Original Litho...
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Early 2000s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Untitled -- Screen Print, Minimalism, Geometric Abstraction by Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in London, GB
ELLSWORTH KELLY Untitled, 1973 Screenprint, on BFK Rives paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 300 With the artist's copyright inkstamp verso From The New York Collection fo...
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Screen

Collage: Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini/Joan Collins Visits! (Hand signed by BOTH)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini/Joan Collins Visits Gemini! (Hand signed by Ellsworth Kelly and Joan Collins), 1985 Printed paper collage on card (Hand signed by the artist and his subject...
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1980s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Laid Paper, Mixed Media, Glue

original lithograph
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Executed by Ellsworth Kelly for Derriere le Miroir (issue No. 149) in 1964. Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches (377 x 277 mm). There is printed text on the back ...
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1960s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Lotus /// Ellsworth Kelly Minimalism Botanical Flower Contemporary Lithograph
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Lotus" Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir: Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght (No. 250) *Issued unsigned Year: 1982 Medium: Original Lithograph on smooth wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Imprimerie Moderne du Lion, Paris, France Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, France Reference: "The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly - A Catalogue Raisonné: 1949-1985" - Axsom No. Ic, page 179 Sheet size: 15" x 11" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Produced for Kelly's collaboration with the August, 1982 No. 250 "Derrière Le Miroir: Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght" portfolio. Text on verso as issued. Kelly produced the drawing for "Lotus" in Spencertown, New York, and sent the transfer-paper study to Paris for proofing. It was included in the final memorial issue of 'Derriere Le Miroir' with prints by Eduardo Chillida, Takis, Pierre Alechinsky, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Shusaku, Arakawa, and Saul Steinberg, to name only a few of the 24 artists who provided original graphic work for this issue. "Lotus" was based on the ink drawing "Lotus" (EK No. P74.65). In October 1945, the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France. The magazine Derriere Le Miroir was created in October 1946 and published without interruption until 1982. Maeght's ambition in establishing his print shop and his publication magazine Derriere Le Miroir was to make available to a broader audience less expensive printed imagery by the artists of his time, many whom were represented by his Paris gallery. Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) were famous at the time. The magazine covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions. Among them are (in alphabetical order): Henri-Georges Adam, Pierre Alechinsky, Bacon, Jean Bazaine, Georges Braque, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Roger Chastel...
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1980s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

original lithograph
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1964 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 149) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (377 x 277 mm). There is p...
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1960s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Red Blue (Axsom 2), X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964. Publishe...
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1960s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Screen

Leaf VI, by Ellsworth Kelly, Limited Edition of 20 from Twelve Leaves Series
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Ellsworth Kelly, Leaf VI, Edition 15/20 (1978) Limited Edition of 20 from the Twelve Leaves Series Published by GEMINI G.E.L
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Susan Sheehan Gallery (Ellsworth Kelly Posters 1951-2001) Poster (Signed) Color
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Susan Sheehan Gallery (Ellsworth Kelly Posters 1951-2001)" *Signed by Kelly in pencil lowe...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Art

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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...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Black/White/Black
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black/White/Black, 1970 Screenprint in colors on Special Arjomari Edition of 75 42 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
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Late 20th Century Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Screen

original lithograph
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1958 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 110) and published in Paris by the Maeght atelier. Size: 15 x 22 inches (380 x 560 mm)...
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1950s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Exhibition Poster
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Original Ellsworth Kelly exhibition poster, 1964. Gallerie Maeght. 26 x 20 inches. Lithograph on paper. Gentle creasing lower left....
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Ellsworth Kelly, Yellow Curve – Portikus (Black Border)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
hand-signed by artist on recto
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1990s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

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: ...
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1950s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Ellsworth Kelly, Leo Castelli, NY & Blum Helman, NY (Black Curve II)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, NY and Blum Helman Gallery, NY
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

Ellsworth Kelly, Blue / Yellow / Red, color lithograph on Rives BFK signed 51/80
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Blue / Yellow / Red, 1992 Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper, held in gold leaf frame - LARGE Signed lower right and numbered 51/80 lower left Frame Included: held in original hand made gold leaf frame with UV plexiglass (labels verso) Dazzling large (over three and a quarter feet framed) Ellsworth Kelly lithograph...
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1990s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Wild Grape Leaf
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Ellsworth Kelly Painting & Sculpture 1966 - 79, Hayward Gallery
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Hayward Gallery, London
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1980s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

1951 Original Poster Tendance : Germain - Kelly - Palazuelo - Pallut - Poliakoff
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in PARIS, FR
Original Serigraphy The original poster for this exhibition was created by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, one of the leading protagonists of abstract art at the time. Kelly was re...
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1950s Abstract Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Paper, Lithograph

1964 original poster by Ellsworth Kelly for an exhibition at the Maeght Gallery
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster made by Ellsworth Kelly in original Lithography, for his exhibition at the Maeght Gallery in 1964. Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker as...
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1960s Pop Art Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Merce Cunningham Benefit (Rose II)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Blum Helman Gallery, NY
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1980s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

Ellsworth Kelly, Staatliche Kunsthalle (Chatham XII, Yellow/Black)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
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1980s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

Ellsworth Kelly (Red, Green, Blue)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Screen

Drawings to Benefit The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.,
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Signed in pencil, lower margin
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1980s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

Tendance, Galerie Maeght
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: Galerie Maeght
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1950s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Offset

Blue/Red-Orange /// Contemporary Abstract Geometric Minimalism Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: “Blue/Red-Orange” *Signed by Kelly in pencil lower right Year: 1972 Medium: Original Lithograph on Special Arjomari paper Limited...
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph, Plexiglass

Dark Gray and White
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Ellsworth Kelly Dark Gray and White 1977-1979 Screenprint and collage on handmade paper 29 3/4 x 41 5/8 in. Edition of 41 Pencil Signe...
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Handmade Paper, Screen

Color Squares 1
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Color Squares 1 2011 Five color lithograph 21 x 77 inches; 53 x 196 cm Edition of 35 Signed and numbered in graphite (lower right recto) Frame available upon request...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Pear III
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Sheet size: 35 7/16 x 24 3/4 inches Frame size: 43 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches Printer: Imprimerie Arte, Paris Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris Edition size: 75, plus proofs Catalogue Raison...
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1960s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Colored Paper Image VI (White with Black Curve II)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer: Kenneth Tyler Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York Catalogue Raissone: Axsom 146 Edition Size: 23 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Abstract Ellsworth Kelly Art

Black/Yellow
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer: Gemini, G.E.L., Los Angeles Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition size: 55, plus proofs Catalogue raisonné: Axsom 83 Signed and numbered, lower margin
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Blue over Green
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Frame size: 43 1/4 x 32 inches Printer: Imprimerie Maeght, Levallois-Perret, France Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Edition size: 75, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 26 Signe...
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1960s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Orange over Green
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Frame size: 43 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches Printer: Imprimerie Maeght, Levallois-Perret, France Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Edition size: 75, plus proofs Signed and annotated in pencil,...
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1960s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Black Yellow
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Ellsworth Kelly Black Yellow 1970 - 72 Lithograph 34 x 39 3/4 in. Edition of 55 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art ...
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Tournes
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly Germigny, 1973-76 Lithograph with Debasing on 300-gram Rives BFK Paper 34 x 41 inches Edition of 16 Signed, Numbered, and Dated Germigny, created by Ellsworth Kelly ...
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1970s Color-Field Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Yellow
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly Germigny, 1973-76 Lithograph with Debasing on 300-gram Rives BFK Paper 34 x 41 inches Edition of 16 Signed, Numbered, and Dated Germigny, created by Ellsworth Kelly ...
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1960s Color-Field Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Germigny
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly Germigny, 1973-76 Lithograph with Debasing on 300-gram Rives BFK Paper 34 x 41 inches Edition of 16 Signed, Numbered, and Dated Germigny, created by Ellsworth Kelly ...
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1970s Color-Field Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Blue with Black II
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly Blue with Black II, 1972-74 Color Screenprint on Special Arjomari Paper 30 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches Edition of 50 Signed and Numbered Created between 1972 and 1974, Blue ...
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1970s Color-Field Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Color, Screen

Black with White
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly's "Black with White," created between 1964 and 1965, is a lithograph on Rives BFK paper, measuring 35 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches. This piece is part of a limited edition of ...
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1960s Color-Field Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Black Variation I, from Second Curve Series
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly's Black Variation I (from the Second Curve Series, 1973-75) is a lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper, measuring 42⅝ by 34 inches, and is part of an edition of 25, sign...
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Blue Yellow Red (Gemini 1524)
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ellsworth Kelly's Blue Yellow Red (Gemini 1524) (1990-92) is a lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper, measuring 37 x 36 inches, and is part of an edition of 80, signed and numbered...
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1990s Hard-Edge Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Leaf IX
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Framed size: 38 x 50 1/2 inches Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Catalogues Raisonné: Axsom 174 Signed, titled, and annotated, lower margin
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Red Curve (Radius of 8')
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Frame size: 45 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 106 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Yellow
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
A stunning gem of a print by Ellsworth Kelly, created in 2004 as a color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, Yellow is hand-signed, and numbered in pencil measuring 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in (40...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Leaf VIII
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition: 20, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 173 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Leaf V
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition size: 20, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 170 Signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Leaf II
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition size: 20, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 167
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1970s Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Leaf I
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio: Twelve Leaves Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition size: 20, plus proofs Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, lower right
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1970s Contemporary Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Black/Green
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Ellsworth Kelly Black/Green 1970 Lithograph 23 1/4 x 19 in. Edition of 75 Pencil signed and numbered Condition: This work is in excellent condition
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1970s Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Created by Ellsworth Kelly in 1983 as a color lithograph, Ellsworth Kelly's Untitled is hand-signed and numbered in pencil. Measuring 29 x 41 in. (73.7 x 104 cm), unframed, this art...
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20th Century Abstract Ellsworth Kelly Art

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Lithograph

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 30, 2024
    Ellsworth Kelly is famous for his work as an artist. He was one of the key figures in postwar American art, exercising a major influence on Pop art, Minimalism, color field painting and hard-edge painting. Widely known for his brightly colored geometric compositions, he was among the first artists, alongside his contemporary Frank Stella, to use irregularly shaped canvases. Although highly abstract, Kelly’s paintings and prints are precise expressions in color and form of his sensory experience of the world. Some of his most famous pieces include Red Blue Green, Colors for a Large Wall, Green Curve and Cité. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Ellsworth Kelly art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2024
    Here are some interesting facts about Ellsworth Kelly. As a child growing up in Newburgh, New York, near the Oradell Reservoir, he was an avid birder and loved the colorful illustrations of naturalist John James Audubon. A high school teacher encouraged him to study art, so he enrolled at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, studying there until 1943, when he enlisted in the army. During World War II, he served, along with scores of other artists, in a unit known as the Ghost Army, where he learned the elements of camouflage while creating fake trucks and tanks intended to mislead Axis forces.

    When the war was over, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, drawing inspiration from the museum's collections. He later studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

    Kelly went on to become one of the key figures in postwar American art, particularly influencing Pop art, minimalism, color field and hard edge painting. Widely known for his brightly colored geometric compositions, he was among the first artists, alongside his contemporary Frank Stella, to use irregularly shaped canvases. Although highly abstract, Kelly’s paintings and prints are precise expressions in color and form of his sensory experience of the world. Explore a collection of Ellsworth Kelly art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Ellsworth Kelly made many kinds of art. He produced paintings, sculptures and prints, working primarily in the styles of Minimalism and Color Field painting. Some of his most famous works include Colors for a Large Wall, Red Blue Green, Four Panels and Yellow Piece. Find a collection of Ellsworth Kelly art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    The meaning of Yellow Piece by Ellsworth Kelly is open to interpretation, as the artist never explained its significance. Although highly abstract, Kelly’s paintings and prints are precise expressions in color and form of his sensory experience of the world. Yellow Piece marks the first time the American painter used shaped canvas for his work. It is a fine example of Minimalism, an art movement focused on reducing art to its most basic shapes. In Yellow Piece, the color yellow, evocative of warmth, appears on its own. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of Ellsworth Kelly art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    Ellsworth Kelly used a variety of materials over the course of his career. The American artist produced paintings with oil paints on canvas and two-dimensional works with a sponge roller and oil-based ink. Kelly was also a sculptor, experimenting with steel, aluminum and bronze as well as birch, elm, mahogany, maple and oak woods. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Ellsworth Kelly art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    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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    Ellsworth Kelly worked in Spencertown, New York. He was one of the key figures in postwar American art, exercising a major influence on the fields of Pop art, minimalism, Color Field and hard-edge painting. Widely known for his brightly colored geometric compositions, he was among the first artists to use irregularly shaped canvases. Although highly abstract, Kelly’s paintings and prints are precise expressions in color and form of his sensory experience of the world. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Ellsworth Kelly art.

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