Object Details
Artist
Ellsworth Kelly, American, b. Newburgh, New York, 1923–2015
Provenance
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, October 1961
Michel Warren, New York and Robert Fraser, London,
November 1961
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale 2653, 15 February 1968, no. 105 [as "Composition in Red and White"]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 February 1968-13 May 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
BETTY PARSONS GALLERY, New York. "Ellsworth Kelly," 16 October-4 November 1961.
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, New York. Sale 2653, 15 February 1968, no. 105, ill. p. 93 [as "Composition in Red and White"].
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 999.
MUSEO DEL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES, Mexico City. "Painting in the United States from Public Collections in Washington, DC," 18 November 1980-4 January 1981, no. 82, ill. (organized by the International Communication Agency, Washington, DC)
CENTRO CULTURAL ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, Mexico City. "Abstract Expressionism in the United States," 10 October 1996-12 January 1997, cat.
MENIL COLLECTION, Houston. "Ellsworth Kelly: Tablet," 11 February-8 May 2005.
THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, 1 April 2022-15 December 2023.
Published References
ALLOWAY, LAWRENCE. "Heraldry and Sculpture," Art International VI/3 (April 1962), p. 52; fig. 2, p. 53.
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, New York. Advertisement in Burlington Magazine CX/779 (February 1968), ill. p. xi.
COPLANS, JOHN. Ellsworth Kelly (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), pl. 146.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), color ill. p. 642.
HARTT, FREDERICK. Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, vol. II (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976), p. 482; colorpl. 85.
TARACENA, BERTA. "La exposición estadunidense en México," Unomasuno (5 October 1980), n.p.
UNSIGNED. Illustration in Excelsior (26 October 1980), n.p. [upside down]
BROWN, MILTON W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections in Washington, DC (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983), p. 212.
ZELLMAN, MICHAEL DAVID, comp. American Art Analog, Volume III: 1874-1930 (New York: Chelsea House Pub. in association with American Art Analog, 1986), ill. p. 1026.
OCVIRK, OTTO G. et al. Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice, 6th ed. (Dubuque: William C. Brown, 1990), ill. 2.13, p. 23.
WHEELER, DANIEL. Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present (New York: Vendome Press, 1991), fig. 323, p. 183.
CRUZ, AMADA. "Ellsworth Kelly," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 101, ill.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 173, p. 190.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Date
1961
Accession Number
72.161
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62 3/4 × 85 1/4 in. (159.5 × 216.6 cm)
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School
Geometric Abstraction
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_72.161