Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) developed a practice centred on colour, form, and the relationship between painting and its environment. Working across canvas, sculpture, and print, he reduced composition to its essential elements — hard edges, flat colour fields, and shapes derived from observation rather than abstraction. His long career moved between Paris, New York, and Spencertown, accumulating a body of work that remains among the most rigorous in postwar American art.

  • Ellsworth Kelly — A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, Archives of American Art, New York, October 19, 1999. Programme publication front cover. Solid red wraps with white serif text along top edge reading: "Archives of American Art. A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly. October 19, 1999." Ellsworth Kelly — A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, 1999 — interior plate. Black and white photograph of Ellsworth Kelly seated on the floor of his studio, working at low level. Two large canvases with biomorphic curved forms visible in background. Worktable and studio equipment in mid-ground.

    Ellsworth Kelly — A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, Archives of American Art, 1999

    Ellsworth Kelly — A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, Archives of American Art, 1999