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Ellsworth Kelly — The Chicago Panels (Yellow)
Ellsworth Kelly

The Chicago Panels (Yellow)

1989

Part of Ellsworth Kelly's celebrated series 'The Chicago Panels' (1989–1999), this yellow relief panel is one of six monumental works conceived for the Art Institute of Chicago's Rice Building. The irregular, curved contours of the shaped canvas give the saturated yellow an architectural, object-like presence that blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture. Kelly's intention — to bring painting into direct contact with architecture — is fully realized here, as the panel functions less as a picture than as a calibrated chromatic presence in space. The series spans dimensions from 189.5 × 212.3 cm to 269.8 × 208 cm and is held in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Medium
Acrylic on fiberglass and plywood
Dimensions

Notes

The Chicago Panels is a suite of six monumental relief panels — black, red, yellow, blue, orange, and green — created between 1989 and 1999. Each panel is a single chromatic form with irregular contours and curved edges. Dimensions vary across the suite from 189.5 × 212.3 cm to 269.8 × 208 cm. Images courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. Ownership status entered as 'spotted'.

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Ellsworth Kelly, The Chicago Panels (Yellow), 1989

Part of Ellsworth Kelly's celebrated series 'The Chicago Panels' (1989–1999), this yellow relief panel is one of six monumental works conceived for the Art Institute of Chicago's Rice Building. The irregular, curved contours of the shaped canvas give the saturated yellow an architectural, object-like presence that blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture. Kelly's intention — to bring painting into direct contact with architecture — is fully realized here, as the panel functions less as a picture than as a calibrated chromatic presence in space. The series spans dimensions from 189.5 × 212.3 cm to 269.8 × 208 cm and is held in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Medium
Acrylic on fiberglass and plywood
Dimensions
269.748 x 212.344 cm
Year
1989
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Geometric, Monochrome, 20th Century, Blue Chip, American, Shaped Canvas, Large Format, Abstract, Painting, Minimalism

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Sebastián In Situ, Melissa Avery, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Carolyn Lynx, Sharrissa Iqbal, Art Institute of Chicago