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White Black
Details
ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)
White Black
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'EK 62' (on the turnover edge); signed with the artist's initials, dated and inscribed 'EK 1962' (on the reverse); signed and inscribed '©Kelly' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
70 x 70in. (177.8 x 177.8cm.)
Painted in 1962
White Black
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'EK 62' (on the turnover edge); signed with the artist's initials, dated and inscribed 'EK 1962' (on the reverse); signed and inscribed '©Kelly' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
70 x 70in. (177.8 x 177.8cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist).
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 2000).
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2013.
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 2000).
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2013.
Literature
Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper, exh. cat., Fort Worth, The Forth Worth Art Museum, 1987-1988 (studio view illustrated, p. 197).
Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1996-1998, no. 33 (studio view illustrated, p. 27).
A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, exh. cat, New York, Archives of American Art Gallery, 1999 (studio view illustrated, unpaged).
Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1996-1998, no. 33 (studio view illustrated, p. 27).
A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, exh. cat, New York, Archives of American Art Gallery, 1999 (studio view illustrated, unpaged).
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., Ellsworth Kelly, 1962, p. 3, no. 2.
Washington, D. C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, 1963-1964, p. 11, no. 9. This exhibition later travelled to Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco, 2002-2003, pp. 13 and 93, nos. 26 and 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 54).
Washington, D. C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, 1963-1964, p. 11, no. 9. This exhibition later travelled to Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco, 2002-2003, pp. 13 and 93, nos. 26 and 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 54).
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Joseph Braka
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