Ellsworth Kelly

Blue Curve

Blue Curve

  • Painting

    • Blue Curve IV, 1972
      Oil on canvas
      33 × 32 inches; 84 × 81 cm
      Signed, titled, and dated in ink (verso, on canvas overlap): KELLY ‘BLUE CURVE IV’ 1972

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  • Works on paper

    • Reclining Nude, 1948
      Graphite on paper
      18⅞ × 25 inches; 48 × 64 cm
      Inscribed in graphite (verso): Nude Reclining 1948

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    • Study for Red Curves, 1954
      Ink on paper
      11 × 8½ inches; 28 × 22 cm
      Signed in graphite (lower left verso): Kelly
      Dated in ink (lower left verso):1954

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    • Avocado, 1959
      Ink on paper
      14 × 17 inches; 36 × 43 cm
      Signed in graphite (lower right recto): Kelly
      Initialed, titled and dated in ink and graphite (verso): EK / AVOCADO LEAVES June 59 / 1959

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    • Swim Suits, 1959
      Watercolor and graphite on paper
      11⅛ × 8½ inches; 28 × 22 cm
      Initialed in graphite (lower right recto): EK

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    • Blue and Green, 1959–62
      Acrylic on paper
      29 × 23 inches; 74 × 58 cm
      Dated in graphite (lower right verso): 1959–APRIL ’62

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    • Study for Blue White, 1959–62
      Collage
      8½ × 8⅞ inches; 22 × 23 cm
      Signed and dated in graphite (lower right verso): Kelly 1959–1962

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    • Blue and Yellow, 1962
      Gouache, graphite, and ink on paper
      3½ × 5 inches; 9 × 13 cm
      Signed in ink (lower left recto): Kelly
      Dated in graphite (verso): 1962

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    • Red on Blue, 1963
      Ink on paper
      6⅞ × 5 inches; 18 × 13 cm
      Signed and dated in graphite (lower right verso): Kelly 1963

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    • Locust, 1965
      Graphite on paper
      14½ × 21¼ inches; 37 × 54 cm
      Signed and dated in graphite (lower right recto): Kelly ’65
      Titled in graphite (lower left verso): LOCUST

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    • Water Lily, 1968
      Ink on paper
      29 × 23 inches; 74 × 58 cm
      Signed in graphite (lower right recto): Kelly
      Dated and inscribed in graphite (lower left verso): LILY PAD 1968

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    • Curve Seen from a Highway, Austerlitz, 1970
      Gelatin silver print
      Image 8½ × 12¾ inches; 22 × 32 cm
      Sheet 11 × 14 inches; 28 × 36 cm
      Stamped (verso): Printed under the supervision of the artist
      Signed by Jack Shear, the executor of the Kelly estate, and numbered in ink (verso): 5/6

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    • Studies for Blue Black Curve I & Red Curve IV, 1971
      Graphite and ink on paper
      10¾ × 14 inches; 27 × 36 cm
      Signed in graphite (lower right verso): Kelly

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    • Study for Large Gray Curve (Blue), 1973
      Graphite and collage on paper
      5½ × 10⅞ inches; 14 × 28 cm
      Signed in graphite (lower left recto): Kelly
      Titled in graphite (lower verso): STUDY FOR LARGE CURVE

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    • Arch, Pont Neuf, Paris, 1978
      Gelatin silver print
      Image 8⅝ × 12⅞ inches; 22 × 33 cm
      Sheet 11 × 14 inches; 28 × 36 cm
      Stamped (verso): Printed under the supervision of the artist
      Signed by Jack Shear, the executor of the Kelly estate, and numbered in ink (verso): 5/6

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    • Brooklyn Bridge II, 1985
      Collage on postcard
      4⅛ × 5⅞ inches; 11 × 15 cm

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