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Ellsworth Kelly — Blue and Green over Orange (Bleu et vert sur orange), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs
Ellsworth Kelly

Blue and Green over Orange (Bleu et vert sur orange), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs

A bold composition of flat, unmodulated color fields, this lithograph presents cool expanses of blue and green stacked above a vibrant orange ground, exemplifying Kelly's lifelong exploration of pure color and form. The work strips away all gesture and ornamentation, allowing the relationship between hues to function as the sole subject. Part of his celebrated *Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs*, the print demonstrates Kelly's mastery of translating his signature hard-edge aesthetic into the lithographic medium on crisp Rives BFK paper.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,

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Evening & Day Editions

October 26, 2015

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Ellsworth Kelly, Blue and Green over Orange (Bleu et vert sur orange), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs

A bold composition of flat, unmodulated color fields, this lithograph presents cool expanses of blue and green stacked above a vibrant orange ground, exemplifying Kelly's lifelong exploration of pure color and form. The work strips away all gesture and ornamentation, allowing the relationship between hues to function as the sole subject. Part of his celebrated *Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs*, the print demonstrates Kelly's mastery of translating his signature hard-edge aesthetic into the lithographic medium on crisp Rives BFK paper.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Geometric, Pure Form, Serene, Primary Colors, American, Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Abstraction, Lithograph, Minimalism, Contemporary

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Collected by

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