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Ellsworth Kelly : Last Paintings.

Title
Ellsworth Kelly : Last Paintings.
Author
Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-2015
Publication
  • [New York, N.Y.] : Matthew Marks Gallery, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Joseph, Branden Wayne.
  • Matthew Marks Gallery, publisher.
Description
63 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Summary
The nine canvases in "Ellsworth Kelly Last Paintings", made in the months leading up to Kelly's death in December 2015, are the culmination of his seven-decade pursuit of a singular artistic vision. As John Coplans once wrote, "Kelly is quite likely to delve into any part of his repertoire and at any time add variations that may have been conceived months or years previously." This practice continued until the end of Kelly's life, and several of his last paintings are either variations of earlier works or based on studies he made not just months or years, but sometimes, decades before. A new diptych revisits a single-panel 1963 painting, eliminating the background and allowing the shapes to float free on the wall. A three-panel painting is a variation of a 1954 collage "Study for Four Color Panels". In the new work Kelly has removed the white panel and, in a similar way to the diptych, allowed the white of the wall to complete the composition.--Exhibition: Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, United States (05.05. - 24.06.2017).
Alternative Title
  • Last Paintings
  • Last paintings
Subject
  • Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-2015
  • 1900-2099
  • Painting, American > 20th century
  • Painting, American > 21st century
  • Painting, American
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Includes essay "Reciprocal topography" by Branden W. Joseph.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 41).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Studio photographs / Jack Shear -- Reciprocal topography / Branden W. Joseph -- Plates.
ISBN
  • 9781944929077
  • 194492907X
OCLC
  • 982649845
  • SCSB-10058547
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library