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Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
String Beans Leaves I (Haricot Vert I), 1965-66
Series/Portfolio: Suite of Plant Lithographs, 1964-66
Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions: 90 x 62 cm (35⅜ by 24⅜ in)
Edition of 75 + 10 A.P.: Signed and numbered in pencil
Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris
Printer: Imprimerie Arte, Paris
Catalogue Raisonné: Axsom 48
Condition: Very good
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String Bean Leaves I by Ellsworth Kelly is held by the esteemed collections of the Whitney Museum and MoMA.
His prints, no less than his paintings and sculptures, have their own distinctive voice. While his paintings and sculptures assert their totemic presence and tangible physicality, his prints register equally important aspects of his vision: intimacy, delicacy and ethereality. Varied in scale but consistent in their formal integrity, Kelly’s prints bear witness to his commitment to the phenomenal world. – Richard H. Axsom
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, was a leading figure in the development of hard-edge painting, color field painting and minimalism. Known for his emphasis on the fundamentals of line, color, and form, Kelly also pioneered innovative techniques such as shaped canvases and multi-panel paintings. His minimalist approach, characterized by large, geometric shapes and monochrome surfaces, marked a significant departure from the expressive styles of his abstract expressionist contemporaries like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. After six years of study in France, Kelly was deeply influenced by European abstract artists including Kazimir Malevich, Paul Klee, and Constantin Brancusi. Unlike his peers who pursued a distinctly American style of abstraction to break away from European traditions, Ellsworth Kelly embraced and reinterpreted these influences, integrating them into his unique visual language. He developed a method of ‘impersonal observation of form,’ drawing inspiration from natural and everyday sources such as architectural structures, plants, and shadows. These observations translated into his artwork as simple yet impactful geometric forms, often with sharp, clearly delineated edges and vibrant, uniform color fields. Kelly’s abstract artworks, including his paintings, sculptures, and fine art prints, showcase a profound exploration of shape and color, stripped of any personal emotion, yet full of rigorous precision. He once explained his artistic vision by saying, “Everywhere I looked, everything I saw became something to be made, and it had to be made exactly as it was, with nothing added.” This philosophy resulted in a body of work that invites viewers to engage with the elemental aspects of visual perception, making Ellsworth Kelly a transformative figure in the landscape of modern abstract art.
