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Inspired by the world around him, the clean lines and bold colors of Ellsworth Kelly's art combines precision and geo--metric form with the deep understanding of composition. Discover Ellsworth Kelly signed prints & paintings for sale at Guy Hepner, Kelly dealers since 2003.
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Ellsworth Kelly
Color Panels, 20115-color lithograph
14 x 33 in
35.6 x 83.8 cmEdition of 45Copyright The ArtistEllsworth Kelly’s Blue, Red-Orange, Green, 1970–1971, is a striking example of his mastery of color relationships, form, and spatial balance. The work presents a single elongated parallelogram, slightly tilted, divided...Ellsworth Kelly’s Blue, Red-Orange, Green, 1970–1971, is a striking example of his mastery of color relationships, form, and spatial balance. The work presents a single elongated parallelogram, slightly tilted, divided horizontally into three equal sections of pure, unmodulated color: a brilliant sky blue at the top, a vibrant red-orange in the middle, and a rich grass green at the base. Executed as a print, the piece exhibits Kelly’s signature precision—crisp edges, flawless flatness of tone, and an absence of gesture—allowing the focus to rest entirely on the interaction between colors and shapes.
The composition’s tilt is a small but decisive gesture that transforms the work from a static arrangement into something active and engaging. Rather than presenting the three colors in a rigid, upright configuration, Kelly shifts the shape off its vertical axis, creating a sense of motion and imbalance that draws the eye along the diagonal. This slight dynamism is a hallmark of Kelly’s ability to animate minimal forms without introducing complexity.
The color sequence is both harmonious and charged. Blue and green share cool tonal qualities, framing the warm, intense red-orange at the center. This placement allows the middle section to act as a chromatic bridge, heightening the contrast between the cooler hues while anchoring the overall composition. Kelly understood the emotional and optical resonance of such juxtapositions—how one color can intensify another simply through adjacency.
Equally important is the way the parallelogram operates as an object within the surrounding white space. The shape seems to float, suspended yet self-contained, its edges cleanly demarcated from the background. The white is not an empty void but an active field that isolates the color block, enhancing its clarity and presence.
The title, Blue, Red-Orange, Green, is characteristically direct, underscoring Kelly’s philosophy of presenting works exactly as they are. There is no symbolic or narrative framing—only the invitation to engage with pure visual sensation. Yet viewers may still find associations: a stylized landscape, a flag-like emblem, or an abstracted horizon.
Created during a period when Kelly was refining his language of hard-edge abstraction, Blue, Red-Orange, Green exemplifies his belief in the power of reduction. With three colors, one shape, and a subtle tilt, he achieves a composition that is at once minimal and dynamic, serene and vibrant—a testament to his ability to generate profound visual impact through the simplest means.
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Overview"When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything."
Across Ellsworth Kelly’s art there is a deep understanding, appreciation and knowledge of color, shape and form. One of the most important Post-War artist’s, Ellsworth Kelly worked across prints, paintings, sculpture and installations developing a unique geo-metric and abstract style that placed emotion and color at its heart.
Throughout his career, Kelly explored the relationship between color, shape, and space, often creating works that blurred the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His use of bold, flat colors and geometric shapes became his signature style, earning him a reputation as one of the pioneers of minimalist art.
Within Ellsworth Kelly prints and paintings there is a sense of timeless in his bold use of shape and form and, of undeniably, his masterful use of color. Paired back and evocative, his works focus o form and space combing in a thoughtful, erudite manner which expresses deep emotion and an even deeper understanding spatial fields influenced by his nuanced knowledge and enjoyment of Pop art, Minimalism, hard-edge and color field painting. Across Kelly’s prints, available for sale at Guy Hepner, there is a sense of an artist who is deeply confident in stripping back, both visually and metaphorically, to allow [ure expression to abound across his works.
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