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Ellsworth Kelly
Blue Curve III1972

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Abstract shaped canvas in a wide diamond orientation, divided into a small white upper triangle and a large flat cobalt blue lower field by a single concave curve

Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Curve III, 1972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Paul Rosenberg & Company, Mrs. Lita A. Hazen, and the David E. Bright Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ellsworth Kelly
United States, New York, Newburgh, active New York, 1923-2015
Title
Blue Curve III
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1972
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
67 13/16 × 166 1/2 in. (172.24 × 422.91 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Paul Rosenberg & Company, Mrs. Lita A. Hazen, and the David E. Bright Bequest
Accession Number
M.73.76
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Guenther, Bruce and Plagens, Peter. Tony DeLap. Newport Beach, CA: Orange County Museum of Art, 2000.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Sims, Patterson, and Emily Rauh Pulitzer. Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1982.
Copyright
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

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