Ellsworth Kelly

First Study for "Painting in Five Panels"

1955

Notebook spread showing five bold black geometric shapes on lined paper, one with a small green triangle.
Notebook spread showing five bold black geometric shapes on lined paper, one with a small green triangle.

Ellsworth Kelly, First Study for "Painting in Five Panels", 1955. Pencil and ink on paper, sheet: 3 × 9 1/2 in. (7.6 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jack Shear in honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial 2023.95

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Date
1955

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pencil and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 3 × 9 1/2 in. (7.6 × 24.1 cm)

Accession number
2023.95

Credit line
Gift of Jack Shear in honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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