Matthew Marks Gallery to Exhibit Ellsworth Kelly Multi-Panel Paintings Spanning 1953–2014
Matthew Marks Gallery is exhibiting works by Ellsworth Kelly under the title The Naming of Colors. The presentation includes Red Yellow Blue White and Black from 1953, an oil on wood six-panel construction measuring 19¾ × 39 inches. Additional works on view are Green White from 1988 on linen, Blue Yellow Red III from 1971 on canvas, Dark Blue Gray from 1980–81 on linen, Red Blue from 1968–70 on canvas and Blue with Two Whites from 2014 on canvas.
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The selection spans six decades of Kelly's practice and centers on multi-panel compositions that isolate and combine primary and neutral colors. Collectors and curators can observe the artist's recurring use of joined panels in oil on wood, linen and canvas to examine color adjacency and proportion. The grouping underscores the continuity of Kelly's serial method from the 1950s through the 2010s.
- Artists: Ellsworth Kelly
- Galleries: Matthew Marks Gallery
- Locations: New York
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