Blue with Black I

started 1972, published 1974

Ellsworth Kelly

Artist, American, 1923 - 2015

Daniel Freeman

Printer, American, born 1868

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Ellsworth Kelly

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in blue and black on Special Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 73.5 × 60.48 cm (28 15/16 × 23 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 107.8 × 74.8 cm (42 7/16 × 29 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.47.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 2012, no. 97

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1985 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 533.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 28.24. 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. 97.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 6/50; lower right in graphite: Kelly; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: EK72-453

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74068030

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