Ellsworth Kelly

String Bean Leaves I
1965–1966

A minimalist line drawing of two leaves and a heart-shaped fruit or blossom, resembling a botanical illustration, on a white background. The leaves are broad and curved, meeting at a central stem that extends into the heart shape below. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower corners.
A minimalist line drawing of two leaves and a heart-shaped fruit or blossom, resembling a botanical illustration, on a white background. The leaves are broad and curved, meeting at a central stem that extends into the heart shape below. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower corners.

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Date
1965–1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 35 7/16 × 24 5/8in. (90 × 62.5 cm) Image: 30 × 22in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
90.3

Series
Suite of Plant Lithographs

Edition
28/75 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Marcel Durassier; published by Imprimerie Maeght

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Ellsworth Kelly

API
artworks/7437

Ellsworth Kelly
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