{"product_id":"ellsworth-kelly-archives-of-american-art-1999","title":"Ellsworth Kelly — A Salute to Ellsworth Kelly, Archives of American Art, 1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eArchives of American Art, New York, 1999\u003cbr\u003eProgramme publication\u003cbr\u003eStaple-bound wraps\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 21 × 21 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print, colour and black-and-white\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eA Salute to Ellsworth Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e, October 19, 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single-event publication structured around acknowledgement, image circulation, and institutional alignment. The red cover carries the entire proposition in one line; inside, the programme unfolds as a sequence of studio photographs, reproduced works, and references to prior publications, arranged without hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe images function as placements rather than illustrations: Kelly’s studio in Spencertown (1994), works in progress, installed canvases, printed matter positioned as objects among other objects. A secondary spread gathers books, portfolios, and reproductions into a flat display — publication reflecting on publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements occupy a full field on the closing page, listing donors, galleries, printers, and mediating figures. Gemini G.E.L., Matthew Marks Gallery, and the Archives itself appear not as background support but as visible components of the structure. The edition of \u003cem\u003eBlue Curve\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), noted in the text, sits within this network as both artwork and event residue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe programme does not document the evening so much as stabilise its conditions: tribute, archive, reproduction, sponsorship. Kelly’s work is present, but displaced into image, reference, and circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good. Light handling wear to covers, minor edge softening, clean interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn object organised around a single date, extending outward through images, credits, and prior editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archives of American Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53288957870418,"sku":"EK-AAA-1999","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Archives-of-American-Art_-A-Salute-to-Ellsworth-Kelly_-1999.jpg?v=1777186864","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/ellsworth-kelly-archives-of-american-art-1999","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}