Blue with Black II

started 1972, published 1974

Ellsworth Kelly

Associated Names
Ellsworth Kelly

Artist, American, 1923 - 2015

Robert Dressen

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Jeff Wasserman

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    screenprint in blue and black on Special Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 77.5 x 70.8 cm (30 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.128

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 2012, no. 98

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • The Art of Collaboration: Works from the National Gallery of Art's Gemini G.E.L. Archive, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2006-2007.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 534.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 28.28. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

2012

  • Axsom, Richard H. The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly: A Catalogue Raisonné. Portland, Oregon: Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, 2012, no. 98.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gemini III; lower right in graphite: Kelly; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: EK72-5045

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74035561

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