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Mirrored Concorde
Details
Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923)
Mirrored Concorde
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Kelly Mirrored Concorde 2/12' (on the underside of the steel element)
chrome-painted steel on oak
50 7/8 x 26 x 13 5/8 in. (129.2 x 66 x 34.6 cm.)
Executed in 1970-1971. This work is number two from an edition of twelve plus two Artist Copies.
Mirrored Concorde
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Kelly Mirrored Concorde 2/12' (on the underside of the steel element)
chrome-painted steel on oak
50 7/8 x 26 x 13 5/8 in. (129.2 x 66 x 34.6 cm.)
Executed in 1970-1971. This work is number two from an edition of twelve plus two Artist Copies.
Provenance
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, California
Anon. sale; Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 16 May 2008, lot 273 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private collection, California
Anon. sale; Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 16 May 2008, lot 273 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Shirey, "Modern Museum Offers Works of 'Multiple' Art," The New York Times (May 6, 1971).
J. Coplans, Ellsworth Kelly, New York, 1973, pl. 225 (another example illustrated).
A. Kayser, Artist's Portraits, New York, 1981 (illustrated in color).
Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, exh. cat., New York, 1982, p. 100, no. 53 (another example illustrated).
The Tate Gallery, The Tate Gallery Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1984-1986, London, 1988, pp. 391-394 (another example illustrated).
National Gallery of Art, Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1994, p. 125 (another example illustrated).
J. Coplans, Ellsworth Kelly, New York, 1973, pl. 225 (another example illustrated).
A. Kayser, Artist's Portraits, New York, 1981 (illustrated in color).
Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, exh. cat., New York, 1982, p. 100, no. 53 (another example illustrated).
The Tate Gallery, The Tate Gallery Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1984-1986, London, 1988, pp. 391-394 (another example illustrated).
National Gallery of Art, Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1994, p. 125 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Gemini G.E.L. and Museum of Modern Art, Technics and Creativity, May-July 1971, pp. 103 and 106, no. 39 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Experiment in Grafiek - Gemini G.E.L., October-November, 1971, no. 283 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Osaka, National Museum of Art; Yonago Public Art Museum and Machilda City Museum of Graphic Arts, Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, November 1984-March 1989, pp. 126-143 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Stanford University Museum of Art, The Anderson Collection: Two Decades of American Graphics 1967-1987, September 1987-January 1988 (another example exhibited).
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; Palm Springs Desert Museum and Albuquerque Museum, An American Focus: The Anderson Graphics Arts Collection, October 2000-January 2002, no. 74 (another example exhibited).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Small Sculptures, September-October 2006 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Experiment in Grafiek - Gemini G.E.L., October-November, 1971, no. 283 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Osaka, National Museum of Art; Yonago Public Art Museum and Machilda City Museum of Graphic Arts, Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, November 1984-March 1989, pp. 126-143 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Stanford University Museum of Art, The Anderson Collection: Two Decades of American Graphics 1967-1987, September 1987-January 1988 (another example exhibited).
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; Palm Springs Desert Museum and Albuquerque Museum, An American Focus: The Anderson Graphics Arts Collection, October 2000-January 2002, no. 74 (another example exhibited).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Small Sculptures, September-October 2006 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
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