Ellsworth Kelly - Red Yellow Blue - Lithographic licensed...

Lithographic print by the American artist Ellsworth Kelly (*) Edited for the special Kelly exhibition "Les Ateliers de La Modernité" at the Maeght Foundation in Paris, France (July 3 – November 5, 2005). Reproduces the 1963 oil on canvas of the same title, "Red, Yellow, Blue". Printed by the Maeght Foundation under the supervision of Ellsworth Kelly. Deluxe edition on thick cotton vellum paper (300g). Publisher's seal on the reverse. Large format. Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA) Specifications: Dimensions: 85 x 65 cm Year: 2005 Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or displayed, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, thus kept in perfect condition). Provenance: Private Collection. The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be insured with a tracking number and transport insurance for the final value of the work, with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer. (*) Ellsworth Kelly, sculptor and abstract painter, has been one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and one of the leading exponents of Hard Edge, a painting movement focused on creating abstract painting with abrupt transitions between areas of color. Thanks to his chromatic experiments, Ellsworth Kelly has left us an extensive body of work in which geometric painting vibrates and gains strength thanks to bright and intense colors on neutral backgrounds, sharpened contours, irregular three-dimensional panels, and even multi-panel works. "I realized that I didn’t want to compose images but to find them," Ellsworth Kelly. Kelly was born in 1923 in Newburgh, New York. He studied art at the Pratt Institute. In 1943, he went to Europe after being drafted by the United States Army. His stay lasted six years, and Paris was the city that most influenced his formation as an artist. After returning to the United States, he studied painting in Boston, at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. There he decided to do something different from what was taught at the time. He discovered Kandinsky and fell in love with color and geometric forms. Research into perception attracted much interest from Kelly, and his experiments yielded works in which he challenged space as the viewer was accustomed to. Although he did not subscribe to any artistic movement, Kelly’s work is attributed influences of Minimalism, Pop Art, Color Field, and especially Hard Edge. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work is also part of various public collections including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, and Tate Modern in London.

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