LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

99.50 in. (252.73 cm.) (height) by 94.00 in. (238.76 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1986 on the overlap; signed, dated 1986, numbered EK740, and variously inscribed on the backing boards

Exhibited:

New York, Blum Helman Gallery, . Ellsworth Kelly: Paintings , April - June 1986, n.p., no. 5, illustrated in color. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, . Selections from the Roger and Myra Davidson Collection , January - March 1987, p. 36, illustrated in color. Baden-Baden, Germany, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, . Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? Positionen der Farbfeldmalerei , July - September 2007, p. 77, illustrated in color

Literature:

Ann Hindry, "Ellsworth Kelly: une investigation phénoménologique sur pans de couleur," . Artstudio Monochromes 16, Spring 1990, p. 97, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Blum Helman Gallery, New York. Roger and Myra Davidson, Toronto. Sotheby's New York, November 13, 1991, Lot 33. Acquired by the present owner from the above