Ellsworth Kelly – Marigot

1979

Ellsworth Kelly emphasized pure form, color, and spatial unity in a practice that majorly influenced Pop art, Minimalism, and hard-edge and color field painting—along with the development of American abstraction at large. His spare, often irregularly shaped canvases offered a crucial departure from the gestural abstraction that dominated American painting in the middle of the 20th century. In his best-known paintings, such as Colors for a Large Wall (1951), Kelly eschewed brushy flourishes in favor of spare lines and geometries, flatly painted in vivid color. He envisioned fine art as a compliment to modern architecture.

Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Date: 1979
Dimensions: 76.2 x 87.6cm
Sign: Edition 14/25, signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge