The Ginny Williams Collection Evening Sale

The Ginny Williams Collection Evening Sale

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The Ginny Williams Collection

ELLSWORTH KELLY | PURPLE PANEL

Auction Closed

June 29, 11:59 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

ELLSWORTH KELLY

1923 - 2015

PURPLE PANEL


signed with the artist's initials, dated 1986 and numbered 734 on the overlap

oil on canvas

121 ½ by 111 in. 308.6 by 281.9 cm.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid.

Blum Helman Gallery, New York

Roger and Myra Davidson, Toronto

Acquired by the present owner from the above in May 1992

Yve-Alain Bois, "Kelly's Coup," Artforum International, October 1996, p. 91, illustrated in color

Cornelius Tittel Ed., "Die Welt des Ellsworth Kelly," Die Welt, 6 October 2011, p. 31 (text)


New York, Blum Helman Gallery, Ellsworth Kelly: Paintings and Sculptures 1986, April - June 1986, n.p., no. 7, illustrated in color

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Selections from the Roger and Myra Davidson Collection, January - March 1987, p. 37, illustrated in color