Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Red Blue

1964

Ellsworth Kelly

Associated Names

Ellsworth Kelly

Artist, American, 1923 - 2015

Ives-Sillman

Printer, 1966 - 1992

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Publisher

The image displays a large, curved red shape in the lower part of the canvas against a vibrant blue background. The red shape appears like a softly rounded hill or wave against the blue backdrop, implying a simplified horizon line.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint in red and blue on Mohawk Superfine Cover wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 55.7 × 45.3 cm (21 15/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
sheet: 61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.297.3
Catalogue Raisonné

Axsom 2012, no. 2
Portfolio Title

X + X

Numerous geometric shapes and lines converge to create a composition. A yellow crosshatched background serves as the backdrop. A central design features a large circular arrangement with smaller crosses and circles. On either side are large arrow shapes pointing up and down. Above and below the circle are horizontally aligned circles and plus signs, resembling buttons on a control panel. The shapes and background suggest a complex schematic with familiar symbols presented in an abstract way. — Untitled

George Ortman, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image displays a series of horizontal lines of text, each listing a name in bold, capital letters, spaced evenly down a plain background. — X + X

Various Artists, George Ortman, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, Stuart Davis, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Poons, Robert Indiana, Ad Reinhardt, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image shows a series of vertical and diagonal parallel lines in blue and yellow, forming an abstract pattern that splits a rectangle diagonally into two sections. The left half is made up of alternating blue and yellow vertical stripes, resembling a modern barcode. The right half consists of blue and yellow horizontal stripes tapering into a triangular corner, resembling a folded fan. This abstract composition combines simple geometric shapes with familiar patterns. — Untitled (Rabat)

Frank Stella, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

2012

Axsom, Richard H. The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly: A Catalogue Raisonné. Portland, Oregon: Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, 2012, no. 2.

Markings

embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]

Wikidata ID

Q76440522

You may be interested in