Ellsworth Kelly

Gemini G.E.L. Editions, Los Angeles
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1983)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Ellsworth Kelly: Painted Wall Sculptures, May - June 1982 (another example exhibited)
New York, Castelli Graphics, Ellsworth Kelly: New Metal Wall Relief Sculptures, October - November 1992 (another example exhibited)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, December 1982 - February 1983, cat. no. 127, pp. 169 and 174 (another example exhibited)
Stratford, Ontario, The Gallery (and travelling), American Accents Américains, June 1983 - January 1985, n.p., illustrated in color (incorrect orientation) (another example exhibited)
Osaka, Gallery Kasahara, Ellsworth Kelly: 11 Painted Wall Sculptures, April - May 1990, cat. no. 10, 21, p. 19 (another example exhibited)
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Inaugural Exhibition of the Museum's Steve Chase Wing, November 1996 - October 1997 (another example exhibited)
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Grand Re-Opening, November 20, 2005 (another example exhibited)

John Russell, "Art: Ellsworth Kelly," The New York Times, December 17, 1982
Carter Ratcliff, Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini 1979-1982, Los Angeles, 1982, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Gemini G.E.L. Art and Collaboration, 1984, pp. 126-143, illustrated
National Gallery of Art, Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1994, p. 125, illustrated
Claudine Humblet, La Nouvelle Abstraction Américaine 1950-1970, Milan, 2003, section 5, pp. 560-561, illustrated (installation view)

This work is in very good condition overall. There are a few fine scattered surface scuffs throughout the work. There is a thin colorless accretion which dimly fluoresces at the bottom edge and there are a few scattered fingerprints which are visible under raking light.
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