Lot 296
  • 296

Ellsworth Kelly

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Ellsworth Kelly
  • Colored Paper Image XI (Gray Curves with Brown) (Axsom 151)
  • Paper pulp
  • image: 1070 by 740 mm 67 1/4 by 29 1/8 in
  • sheet: 1160 by 813 mm 45 5/8 by 32 in
Colored and pressed paper pulp, 1976, signed in pencil and numbered 6/18 (total edition includes seven artist's proofs), from the Colored Paper Images series, on handmade paper, with the blindstamp of the printer and publisher, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, also with the artist's blindstamp, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. The grey background slightly attenuated. The sheet is slightly undulating overall, inherent to the media. Purple/brown pigment has slightly run into upper and lower margins as is typical with this print. There is one minor spot of discoloration in the deckle at lower center edge. The verso in good condition with a few very minuscule spots of foxing.
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