Ellsworth Kelly first conceived Line Form Color in 1951 as a series of studies, both drawings and collages. Later that year he applied to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for a grant to produce a book, "an alphabet of plastic pictorial elements," but the application was not successful. With this volume, Kelly has brought Line Form Color to completion. Its forty plates correspond to the original collages. This slipcased edition also includes an essay by Harry Cooper, curator of modern art at the Harvard University ...
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Ellsworth Kelly first conceived Line Form Color in 1951 as a series of studies, both drawings and collages. Later that year he applied to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for a grant to produce a book, "an alphabet of plastic pictorial elements," but the application was not successful. With this volume, Kelly has brought Line Form Color to completion. Its forty plates correspond to the original collages. This slipcased edition also includes an essay by Harry Cooper, curator of modern art at the Harvard University Art Museums.
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Add this copy of Line, Form, Color to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Alley rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pasadena, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Harvard University Art Museums.
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Two Very Good-softcover volumes with dark smudging to bottoms of spines and some mild external chipping, but internally clean and crisp. In Very Good-slipcase with light creasing and a bit of other mild shelf wear, but presentable overall.
Add this copy of Line Form Color (English Edition) to cart. $260.00, very good condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Harvard University Art Museums.
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Near Fine Plus. Artists' Book. Oblong 12mo. Set contains 2 books in slipcase., book 1 is "line form color", done by kelly in 1951, published here for the first time. book 2 is by harry cooper and is titled, "an intense detachment: ellsworth kelly's line form color". the kelly book consists of color and b/w drawings with kelly's proposal text at back. the cooper book is a 23pp. illustrated essay on the kelly work.; slipcase has negligible signs of handling. no other flaws, the kelly book has folded card covers, where-as the cooper does not.
