Ellsworth Kelly
March 2019—November 2020Best known for his contributions to American abstraction, Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923, d. 2015) frequently revisited shapes and motifs he observed from his own lived experience throughout his decades-long career. This presentation of works featured the sculpture Untitled, 1996, and Spectrum IX, 2014, one of the last paintings completed before the artist’s death. Spectrum IX is composed of twelve joined monochromatic panels and marks the final work in a series of color progressions the artist first began while in France in the 1950s. At nearly 15 feet tall, Untitled is an example of Kelly’s obelisk-like sculptures he colloquially referred to as “totems.”
Exhibition Preview
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Ron Amstutz Ellsworth Kelly https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KELLe_GF_Spectrum_update-600x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Ellsworth Kelly https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KELLe_GF_Untitled_update-600x800.jpg