ID 1336236
Lot 22 | ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
Palm Relief
dated ‘1958’ (on the reverse); signed with the artist’s initials ‘EK’ (on the aluminum cleat)
oak
16 x 14 x 2 ¼ in. (40.6 x 35.6 x 5.7 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Provenance
The artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Literature
J. Coplans, Ellsworth Kelly, New York, 1971, p. 68, pl. 111 (illustrated).
Beyond the Plane: American Constructions, 1930-1965, exh. cat., Trenton, New Jersey State Museum, 1983, p. 66.
Ellsworth Kelly: Matrix, exh. cat., New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003, pp. 26-27, fig. 4 (illustrated).
P. Plagens, “Beautiful, Quiet and Spare,” Wall Street Journal, 6 October 2011, p. D5.
Ellsworth Kelly: New York Drawings, 1954-1962, exh. cat., New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, 2014, pp. 50-51, fig. 46 (illustrated).
Y.-A. Bois, Ellsworth Kelly: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Reliefs, and Sculpture, Volume Two, 1954-1958, Paris, 2021, pp. 200-201, 292, 296 and 302-305, no. 222 (illustrated).
Exhibited
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. 25.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Saint Louis Art Museum, Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, December 1982-May 1983, p. 69, no. 29 (illustrated).
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Ellsworth Kelly: Wood Sculpture, September 2011-March 2012, n.p., no. 3 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Ellsworth Kelly (1923 - 2015) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Ellsworth Kelly (1923 - 2015) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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