Ellsworth Kelly

American | 1923 - 2015

Ellsworth Kelly was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1923. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Buffalo AKG Art Museum and will be on exhibit at Tristan Hoare in London on February 27, 2025, among other locations. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago have featured Ellsworth Kelly's work in the past.Ellsworth Kelly's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 15 USD to 9,809,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 9,809,000 USD for Red Curve VII, sold at Christie's New York in 2019. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 1,955,932 USD, while his architecture & design have sold for an average of 302,414 USD.Ellsworth Kelly has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, The Artblog and MOUSSE Magazine. The most recent article is Before Black, There Was Blue written for Hyperallergic in February 2025. The artist died in 2015.

Featured for Sale

Untitled ,1972

By Ellsworth Kelly

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

Green Curve with Radius of 20′ ,1974

By Ellsworth Kelly

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

Ellsworth Kelly BLUE BLACK Lithograph ,1970

By Ellsworth Kelly

Palm Beach Modern Auctions

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Notable Lots

UNTITLED (TOTEM) ,1996

By Ellsworth Kelly

+60%

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Spectrum VI ,1969

By Ellsworth Kelly

-2%

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BLUE PANEL ,1986

By Ellsworth Kelly

+28%

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Upcoming Lots

Ellsworth Kelly BLUE BLACK Lithograph - Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly BLUE BLACK Lithograph ,1970

By Ellsworth Kelly

Palm Beach Modern Auctions

Yellow (Jaune), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 5) - Ellsworth Kelly

Yellow (Jaune), from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 5) ,1964

By Ellsworth Kelly

Sotheby's New York

Black, from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 4) - Ellsworth Kelly

Black, from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs (Axsom 4) ,1964

By Ellsworth Kelly

Sotheby's New York

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Recent Auction Results

Abstract composition ,1964

By Ellsworth Kelly

Yann le Mouel

Abstract composition ,1958

By Ellsworth Kelly

Yann le Mouel

ELLSWORTH KELLY ,1965

By Ellsworth Kelly

Ro Gallery

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Current Exhibitions

Louisiana Visits Franz Gertsch: Post-War And Contemporary Art In Dialogue

Museum Franz Gertsch

Burgdorf | Switzerland

Sep 21,2024 - Mar 02,2025

Minimalism: Color, Line, Form

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Little Rock | Arkansas | USA

Oct 26,2024 - Apr 06,2025

Rereading Geometric Abstraction

Zane Bennett Contemporary Art

Santa Fe | Santa Fe | New Mexico | USA

Jan 31,2025 - Apr 19,2025

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Articles

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Coverage

“ ..Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923), best known for his large-scale, color field painting, first experimented with reductive geometry in paint and wood in 1949... ”
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Norton Simon Museum of Art

“ ..1923) may be best known for his rigorous abstract painting, but he has made figurative drawings throughout his career, creating an extraordinary body of work that now spans six decades... ”
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“ ..One of the most prominent artists of the postwar period, Kelly is known for his explorations of contrasting formal relationships: flat color versus depth, shape, and scale... ”
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Philadelphia Museum of Art