Artworks by Ellsworth Kelly at Alpha 137 Gallery on artnet

Ellsworth Kelly

(American, 1923–2015)

Ellsworth Kelly

Two (2) Unique Works: a collage and original drawing of Cyclamen III, framed together and Exhibited at the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, with stunning inscription by the artist to the publisher of his catalogue raisonne, 1987

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Ellsworth Kelly

Spencertown, Hand signed and inscribed by Ellsworth Kelly, signed and inscribed by Jack Shear to collectors and MOMA donors, 1994

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Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini/Joan Collins Visits Gemini! (Hand signed by artist and subject), 1985

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Ellsworth Kelly

Blue / Yellow / Red, 1992

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Timeline

1923: Born: in Newburgh, NY on May 31st
1941 - 1943: Studied Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1942 - 1945: Served military duty
1946 - 1947: Diploma Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, where he took drawing and painting classes with Carl Zerbe
1948: Ecole des Beux-Arts, Paris, France; travelled to see the Isenheimer Altarpiece in Colmar
1950 - 1951: Taught at the American School in Paris
1951: Had his first solo show at the Galerie Arnaud in Paris
1956: Had his first solo show in New York at the Betty Parsons Gallery
1958: Began to create freestanding sculptures
1969: Executed a mural for UNESCO
1973: Recipient, The Painting Prize from the Art Institute of Chicago
1978: Executed a sculpture for Barcelona
1986: Executed a bronze sculpture for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX
1988: Chevalier de lâ€™Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic
: Executed a memorial for the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
2000: Praemium Imperiale for Painting
2002: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic

Exhibitions

2012: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2011 - 2012: Schwarz & Weiß / Black & White, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2008: Arp to Reinhardt: Rose Geometries, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2007: Living Color, Vassarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2006: Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2005: Spectrum, Galerie Lelong - New York, New York, NY
2004: Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA, Berlin, Germany
2003: Ellsworth Kelly, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Sculpture, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, Die Fondation Maeght
Schloss Ujazdowski, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Von Picasso bis Warhol, Warsaw, Poland
2002: ELLSWORTH KELLY Werke 1956-2002, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly, Tablet: 1948–1973, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2001: Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1999: Ellsworth Kelly – Sculpture for a Large Wall, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly: Five Decades of Line, Form and Colour, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany (solo)
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper 1948-1955, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Boston, MA
1998: Ellsworth Kelly. New Paintings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Retrospectives, Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Munich, Germany (solo)
1996: Ellsworth Kelly. A Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly on the Roof, Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1993: New Displays: Ellsworth Kelly, Tate Gallery, London, England
1989: Ellsworth Kelly: Courtyard Installation, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1987: Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Ellsworth Kelly: A Print Retrospective, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1982: Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1979: XXXVI Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 36th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting together with Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly: Painting and Sculpture, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1973: Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
Ellsworth Kelly, Curved Series, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1968: The Art of the Real, USA 1948-1968, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1966: American Pavilion, XXXIII Venice Biennale
1965: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964: Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
1963: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C. (solo)
1959: Sixteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1958: Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
1957: Young America 1957, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1956: Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1951: Galerie Arnaud, Paris, France (solo)
1947: Boris Mirski Art Gallery, Boston, MA

Ellsworth Kelly

(American, 1923–2015)

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

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