Ellsworth Kelly : Black & White

Wilmes, Ulrich, Carter Foster, Alexander Klar, et al.

ISBN 10: 3775732179 / ISBN 13: 9783775732178

Published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2011

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VG minus in black boards in VG- dj -- front cover has long thin indent as does front of dj; else fine. 199 pages. Gorgeous, scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ellsworth Kelly : Black & White
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775732179
• ISBN 13: 9783775732178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Peter Schjeldahl Library
  • Art

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Synopsis

The paintings of Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923) are famous for their hard edges, minimalist abstraction and above all, their bright, vibrant colors. Less known are the black-and-white drawings, collages and paintings that preceded or accompanied many of them, despite the fact that they make up roughly 20 percent of his total output. Ellsworth Kelly: Black & White and the exhibition it accompanies bring together the artist’s color-free work for the first time, and offer a fresh take on his long career, emphasizing his use of shape, contrast, texture and his incorporation of such everyday objects as a broken windowpane, a handrail shadow or the leaf of a plant into his abstraction. This catalogue makes clear that the scale of contrast between black and white was key to Kelly’s artistic self-discovery and subsequent development, and is crucial to any proper understanding of his oeuvre.