Ellsworth Kelly

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Ellsworth Kelly

Kelly, Ellsworth: Red Orange White Green Blue

See Ellsworth Kelly revisiting the Paris of his early 20s, uncovering the leitmotifs later used in his painting “Ormesson”

See Jerry Grant and Jack Shear discussing the buildings of Shaker Village, Old Chatham, New York

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American painter, sculptor, and printmaker

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See Ellsworth Kelly revisiting the Paris of his early 20s, uncovering the leitmotifs later used in his painting “Ormesson”

See Ellsworth Kelly revisiting the Paris of his early 20s, uncovering the leitmotifs later used in his painting “Ormesson”

Ellsworth Kelly revisiting the Paris of his early 20s, uncovering influences that...

Video: Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

See Jerry Grant and Jack Shear discussing the buildings of Shaker Village, Old Chatham, New York

See Jerry Grant and Jack Shear discussing the buildings of Shaker Village, Old Chatham, New York

Works of Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Shear are shown as Shear walks to Mount Lebanon...

Video: Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly pictured in front of one...

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Kelly, Ellsworth: Red Orange White Green Blue

Kelly, Ellsworth: Red Orange White Green Blue

Red Orange White Green Blue, acrylic painting by Ellsworth Kelly; in the...

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA, Museum Purchase, Fellows Acquisition Fund, 1968

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