Black Variation V

1973 - 1975

Ellsworth Kelly

Artist, American, 1923 - 2015

Barbara Thomason

Printer, American, active late 20th century

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and intaglio in gray with debossing on Rives Roll wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 73.66 × 73.66 cm (29 × 29 in.)
    sheet: 100.4 × 97.8 cm (39 1/2 × 38 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.47.85

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 2012, no. 113

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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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 593.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 28.72. 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. 113.

Inscriptions

lower right corner in graphite: 19/21 Kelly; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: EK74-679

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74068055

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