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ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)

Lot 45
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 45 | ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)
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$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)
Blue Tablet
signed, signed with the artist's initials and dated twice 'KELLY 1962 EK 1962' (on the overlap); signed again and dated thrice 'KELLY 62' (on the stretcher); signed thrice, signed with the artist's initials again, titled and dated four times 'ELLSWORTH KELLY "BLUE TABLET" 1962 EK' (on the backing board)
oil on two joined canvases
92 x 92 x 4 ½ in. (233.7 x 233.7 x 11.4 cm.)
Painted in 1962.




Provenance

The artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003



Literature

W. Rubin, "Ellsworth Kelly: The big form," ARTnews, vol. 62, no. 7, November 1963, p. 65.
H. Rosenberg, "The Art Galleries: Black and Pistachio," New Yorker, 15 June 1963, p. 96.
D. Judd, "In the Galleries: Toward a New Abstraction," Arts Magazine, vol. 37, no. 10, September 1963, p. 54.
J. H. Kay, "World of Shade and Shape: Kelly's colorful, personal geometry," Christian Science Monitor, 14 February 1964, p. 6.
D. McConathy, "Ellsworth Kelly," Derrière le miroir, no. 149, November 1964, n.p.
R. Taylor, "Events in Art - Ellsworth Kelly Show," vol. 233, no. 40, Boston Sunday Herald, 9 February 1964.
New York 13, exh. cat., Vancouver Art Gallery, 1969, n.p.
J. Coplans, Ellsworth Kelly, New York, 1971, n.p., pl. 96 (illustrated; titled Two Panels: Blue Tablet).
Ellsworth Kelly, exh. cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1973, p. 61.
D. Judd, Complete Writings 1959-1979, New York, 1975, p. 91.
A. Hindry, "Ellsworth Kelly: une investigation phénoménologique sur pans de couleur," Artstudio, vol. 16, Spring 1990, p. 95 (titled Two Panels: Blue Tablet).
R. Bernstein, "Ellsworth Kelly: multipanelled paintings," Artstudio, vol. 24, Spring 1992, p. 88.
C. Domino, "Kelly, évidemment," Artstudio, vol. 24, Spring 1992, p. 100.
Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1996, p. 44.
T. Griffin, "In Living Color: Ellsworth Kelly's latest paintings show why modernism remains alluring today," Time Out New York, no. 299, 14-21 June, 2001, p. 54.
Ellsworth Kelly: In-Between Spaces, Works 1956-2002, exh. cat., Basel, Foundation Beyeler, 2003, pp. 47-48.
C. Humblet, La Nouvelle Abstraction Américaine 1950-1970, Milan, 2003, p. 581.
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum, 2009, p. 70, no. 31.
C. Bodin, "Was ist abstrakt?,” Art Das Kunstmagazin, September 2011, p. 51 (illustrated).
H. Neuendorf, "Artist Ellsworth Kelly, Master of Hard-Edge Abstraction, Dead at 92," Artnet News, 28 December 2015, digital (illustrated).
"Converting Painting into Sculpture: William Rubin on Ellsworth Kelly's Signature Style, in 1963," ARTnews, 28 December 2015, digital.
T. Y. Paik, Ellsworth Kelly, London, 2015, p. 182, fig. 113 (illustrated).
Drawing Then: Innovation and Influence in American Drawings of the Sixties, exh. cat., New York, Dominique Lévy Gallery, 2016, p. 179.
T. Calvocoressi, "Abstraction Fan," Apollo, vol. 198, no. 721, July-August 2023, p. 73.
T. Calvocoressi, "The unwavering art of Ellsworth Kelly," Apollo Magazine, July-August 2023, digital.



Exhibited

New York, Jewish Museum, Toward a New Abstraction, May-September 1963, p. 31, no. 13.
Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art and Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, December 1963-March 1964, n.p., no. 5.
Kunsthalle Basel, Ausstellung Signale: Held, Kelly, Mattmüller, Noland, Olitski, Pfahler, Plumb, Turnbull, June-September 1965, n.p., no 14.
New York, Visual Arts Museum, American Color: 1961-1964, March-April 1976, n.p. (titled Two Panels: Blue Tablet in the exhibition brochure).
Lyon, Musée St. Pierre, La couleur seule: l'expérience du monochrome, October-December 1988, p. 150, no. 152 (illustrated).
New York, Matthew Marks, Ellsworth Kelly: Relief Paintings 1954-2001, May-June 2001, p. 43, no. 9 (illustrated; illustrated in the exhibition brochure).
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