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Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Lot 638

Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)

Dark Blue Panel

Closed16 November 2017

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USD 348,500

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Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Dark Blue Panel
signed, titled and numbered 'Kelly DARK BLUE PANEL 1/9' (on the reverse)
painted aluminum
29 1/8 x 36 ½ in. (73.9 x 92.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1982. This work in number one from an edition of nine plus four artist's proofs.

Castelli Graphics, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982

Specialist note

"In my own work, I have never been interested in painterliness (or what I find is) a personal handwriting, putting marks on canvas. My work is a different way of seeing and making something and which has a different use" (E. Kelly, Notes of 1969, reprinted in K. Stiles and P. Selz, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, Berkeley, 1996, p. 93)