Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Self-Portrait
Details
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Self-Portrait
signed with the artist's initials and incised with the date 'EK 1983' (lower right); signed again, inscribed, titled and dated 'SELF PORTRAIT WITH "MAKE UP" FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND Kelly 1983' (on the reverse)
make-up on paperboard
18 1/8 x 14 in. (46 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Self-Portrait
signed with the artist's initials and incised with the date 'EK 1983' (lower right); signed again, inscribed, titled and dated 'SELF PORTRAIT WITH "MAKE UP" FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND Kelly 1983' (on the reverse)
make-up on paperboard
18 1/8 x 14 in. (46 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Provenance
The Signature Collection: Portraits by International Artists 1983, In the Medium of Make-Up; Christie's, New York, 23 May 1983, lot 28
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
“Self Portraits,” New York Magazine, vol. 16, no. 21, May 23, 1983, p. 32 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Selections from the Anderson Collection: Contemporary Portraits, January-April 1998.
Santa Cruz, Museum of Art and History, Eye to Eye: Contemporary Portraits from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, July-September 1998.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 371, no. 149.
Santa Cruz, Museum of Art and History, Eye to Eye: Contemporary Portraits from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, July-September 1998.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 371, no. 149.
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