Untitled
1973
Ellsworth Kelly's mastery of pure form and color finds refined expression in this 1973 screenprint, part of his sustained exploration of geometric abstraction that positioned him as a leading figure in American minimalism. Numbered 214 from an edition of 300, the work demonstrates Kelly's characteristic reduction of visual elements to their essential qualities. Catalogued as Axsom 92 in the definitive raisonné of Kelly's prints, this impression exemplifies the artist's precise translation of his painterly concerns into the medium of screenprint during a particularly productive period of his career.
- Medium
- Screenprint
- Dimensions
- Edition
- 214 of 300
- Signed
- Yes
Notes
Minimalism, Geometric Abstraction. Catalog reference: AXSOM 92. Literature: R. Axsom, The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly: A Catalog Raisonne 1949-1985, New York, 1987, no. 92, pg. 86, another impression reproduced.
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Artists in conversation
Frank Stella
American · b. 1936
Stella shared Kelly's commitment to hard edge abstraction and shaped canvases where the form of the support itself became integral to the composition. Both artists pursued a rigorous reduction of painting to pure color and geometry.
Kenneth Noland
American · b. 1924
Noland worked in the Color Field tradition with bold unmodulated areas of flat color arranged in simple geometric configurations such as targets and chevrons. His work shares Kelly's emphasis on color relationships and clean formal clarity.
Josef Albers
German American · b. 1888
Albers explored the optical and perceptual effects of flat pure color through precisely bounded geometric forms, closely paralleling Kelly's sustained investigation of how colors interact and assert themselves against one another.
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