{"product_id":"ellsworth-kelly-yellow-over-black-1964","title":"ELLSWORTH KELLY \"YELLOW OVER BLACK\" 1964","description":"\u003cp\u003eEllsworth Kelly (1923-2015) is one of the masters of American minimalism, renowned for his signature hypnotic shapes realized in bold saturated colors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many artists who had served in the US military during WWII, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill and moved to Paris in the late 1940s before returning to the US in 1954. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKelly's work was profoundly shaped by his years in Paris. Encounters with artists including \u003cspan class=\"oIb9lq_Box _8VDJua_Pressable\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\"\u003eJoan Miró\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"oIb9lq_Box _8VDJua_Pressable\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\"\u003eJean Arp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"oIb9lq_Box _8VDJua_Pressable\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\"\u003eConstantin Brancusi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e reinforced his interest in organic forms and distilled geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBy the end of the decade, he had established his reputation as part of the new wave of artists rejecting the dominance of abstract expressionism in American art. Kelly was notably included \u003ca title=\"16 Americans exhibition at the Moma\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/2877\"\u003ein the legendary exhibition 16 Americans at the MoMA (NYC)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBy the mid-1960s, Kelly had established himself as a leading American painter and sculptor when he began his lifelong relationship with printmaking. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn 1964 he exhibited in Paris at Galerie Maeght, whose owners, Aimé and Marguerite Maeght, were also important publishers of fine art prints. They helped Kelly produce his debut prints, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs\u003c\/em\u003e 1964-65, which this striking print comes form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRather than reproducing existing paintings, Kelly approached printmaking independently and ambitiously, carefully calibrating ink, paper, and composition through close collaboration with master printers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis iconic lithograph is represented in numerous public collections such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/works\/72686\"\u003eThe MoMA\u003c\/a\u003e, New York; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/emuseum.mfah.org\/objects\/61066\/jaune-sur-noir-yellow-over-black\"\u003eThe MFA H\u003c\/a\u003e, Houston; and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/kelly-black-over-yellow-noir-sur-jaune-p15625\"\u003eTate Modern,\u003c\/a\u003e London, among others. Kelly's work can be found in every major American permanent collection in addition to the Centre Pompidou (Paris) the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), Tate Modern (London), and the National Gallery (Ottawa).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this artwork? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eEmail us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\"Jaune sur Noir\" (Yellow over Black) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_default\"\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eSuite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eParis, 1964-65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eOne from a series of twenty-seven lithographs on BFK Rives wove paper\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eSigned \"Kelly\" and numbered \"71\/75\" in pencil, lower edges\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eEdition of 75\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e35.25\"H 23.5\"W (work)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e41\"H 30\"W (framed)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ePublished by Maeght Éditeur, Paris\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ePrinted by: Maeght Imprimerie, Levallois-Perret\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eDetailed condition report by request. Overall very good condition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eCatalogue Raisonné: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAxsom 23\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ellsworth Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48384655098092,"sku":"09-26","price":9750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Elsworth-Kelly-Black-Over-Yellow-1964-65_01.jpg?v=1789749530","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/ellsworth-kelly-yellow-over-black-1964","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}