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Ellsworth Kelly

By Caitlin Haskell

Ellsworth Kelly

By Caitlin Haskell

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A look at Ellsworth Kelly's eight Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance collages and how they set the foundation for his career-long exploration of abstract, minimalist art   Revered for his iconic color field paintings, Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) is one of the most influential artists in American Abstraction. His body of work, encompassing paintings, sculptures, and prints, illustrates his unprecedented experiments with form and color. Less well known are his eight collages, known as Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance (1951), which led directly to some of the artist's most iconic early works. Made from papier gomette, or sticky squares of colored paper used by French schoolchildren, these collages represent Kelly's early exploration of non-compositional strategies. Created by using chance operations to place the gomette on grids, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance boldly anticipates the evolution of Kelly's innovative methods. Alongside brilliant photographs that bring the reader into intimate contact with Kelly's series of collages, a wide-ranging roundtable conversation with artist Jacqueline B. Humphries, art historian Hannah Higgins, and Kelly's widower, the photographer Jack Shear, explores the origins of these groundbreaking works and their continued resonance today, bringing to life the story of his bold, experimental designs.    Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago  
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
82
Release Date:
2025-11-11
Publication Date:
2025-09-30
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0300284055
ISBN13:
9780300284058
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
434 g
Height:
186 cm
Width:
323 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
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