An American artist of worldwide renown, Ellsworth Kelly has consistently returned to nature as a subject throughout his extraordinary career. Kelly began making prints in 1964; shortly thereafter he created his first suite of plant lithographs. To date he has produced 72 plant lithographs that fall into five major series: Suite of Plant Lithographs (1964-66); Leaves (1973-74); Twelve Leaves (1978); Series of Plant and Flower Lithographs (1983-85); Oak Leaves (1992); and several individual works. This comprehensive book ...
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An American artist of worldwide renown, Ellsworth Kelly has consistently returned to nature as a subject throughout his extraordinary career. Kelly began making prints in 1964; shortly thereafter he created his first suite of plant lithographs. To date he has produced 72 plant lithographs that fall into five major series: Suite of Plant Lithographs (1964-66); Leaves (1973-74); Twelve Leaves (1978); Series of Plant and Flower Lithographs (1983-85); Oak Leaves (1992); and several individual works. This comprehensive book serves as a beautiful portfolio of the plant lithographs accompanied by informative texts on all of these works as well as an insightful discussion of how they relate to the ink and pencil plant drawings that the artist has produced concurrently with the lithographs throughout his career. Exhibition schedule: Grand Rapids Art Museum, 4 March to 15 May 2005, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 12 June to 14 August 2005, Tate St. Ives, 27 January to 7 May 2006, The AXA Gallery, New York, 7 June to 14 August 2006, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, 21 September 2006 to 14 January 2007. Other venues to be announced.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Exhibition Catalogue. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Cloth, hardcover in dust jacket. large book., no wear. clean, no markings, strong binding, hinges. a well preserved copy.; 124pp., 92 duotone illustrations. essay. letter from kelly to ralph coburn. reference material. a much admired series.
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Fine in Fine jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition which opened at the Grand Rapids Art Museum from March 4 to May 15, 2005. Illustrated in black & white. Checklist. Bibliography. 14" high X 10" wide, 123 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.