Orange Green

1970

Ellsworth Kelly

Associated Names
Ellsworth Kelly

Artist, American, 1923 - 2015

George Page

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Ron Adams

Printer, American, born 1934

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a geometric composition with a parallelogram divided into two sections - one orange on the top and the other green on the bottom. Bold color blocks and clean lines create a shape resembling overlapping colored sheets of paper or a stylized book cover. The simplicity and color contrast highlight the intersection of the two halves.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in orange and green on Special Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 105.4 x 76.4 cm (41 1/2 x 30 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom 2012, no. 64

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 233.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 28.6. 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. 64.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gemini III; lower right in graphite: Kelly; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: EK70-335

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74889224

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