Ellsworth Kelly Sanary 1952 Museum Poster, Colour Grid, 76.2 x 61 cm, Unused
Ellsworth Kelly Sanary 1952 Museum Poster, Colour Grid, 76.2 x 61 cm, Unused
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Light Broken into Tiles
Kelly lets a simple grid carry a summer by the Mediterranean, square after square of colour. It is abstraction at its most open and relaxed.
Best for: Admirers of colour-field abstraction and calm, bright interiors
Condition notes
Described as unused, opened only to check; small marks or light rubbing may be present.
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Forty-two squares of colour, rose, navy, ochre, orange, teal and grey, set out in a quiet grid: Ellsworth Kelly's Sanary of 1952, as a museum poster of 76.2 x 61 cm.
The Piece
Ellsworth Kelly spent six formative years in France after the Second World War, and in the summer of 1952 he stayed in Sanary-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean coast. The painting named after the town is one of his early experiments in letting chance and system arrange colour, square by square, with no hand gesture to distract from the colours themselves.
The result is calm and bright at once, like light on water broken into tiles. The poster sets the grid in a broad white field with a short caption line beneath reading Fast Forward.
The poster is unsigned and an open edition. It is described as sold at a museum in the United States, acquired from the publisher, and kept unused since.
Details
- Artist: Ellsworth Kelly
- Image: Sanary, 1952
- Medium: Offset print poster
- Edition: Open; not numbered
- Signature: Unsigned
- Sheet: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in)
- Frame: Unframed
- Condition: Unused
Condition
- Described as unused, opened only to check the contents.
- The description notes that small marks or light rubbing may be present.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Details are given as the description states them. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing with acid-free mounts, and hang away from sun and damp.
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