Ellsworth Kelly

Black
1964–1965

A graphic artwork featuring a large black shape on a white background, resembling a stylized profile of a heart or two mirrored commas. The black shape has a smooth, curved cutout, creating a negative space that contrasts with the solid form. The bottom right corner of the image contains a signature.
A graphic artwork featuring a large black shape on a white background, resembling a stylized profile of a heart or two mirrored commas. The black shape has a smooth, curved cutout, creating a negative space that contrasts with the solid form. The bottom right corner of the image contains a signature.

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Date
1964–1965

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 35 1/4 × 24 1/8in. (89.5 × 61.3 cm) Image: 25 5/8 × 19in. (65.1 × 48.3 cm)

Accession number
2003.279

Series
from the Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs

Edition
10/75

Publication
Printed by Imprimerie Maeght; published by Maeght Editeur

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Ellsworth Kelly

API
artworks/18720

Ellsworth Kelly
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