Ellsworth Kelly
Blue Red

Blue Red
Blue Red
Blue Red
ArtistAmerican, 1923–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Blue Red
Date1965
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 67 3/4 × 153 1/8 in. (172.1 × 388.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.302
Non exposé

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York]; Frank N. Porter, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 1965; [Sotheby’s, New York, November 10, 1988, Lot 43]; Jay Chiat, New York; [Christie’s, New York, May 4, 1993, Lot 27]; Stephen Mazoh, Rhinebeck, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryAn Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Ellsworth Kelly, New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, April 6 – May 1, 1965.

Two Decades of American Painting, Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, October 15–November 27, 1966; Exhibition tour: Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, December 10, 1966–January 22, 1967; New Delhi, Lalit Kala Academy, March 25–April 15, 1967; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, June 6–July 9, 1967; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, July 26–August 26, 1967.

Paintings: A Selected View, New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, March 26– April 24, 1999.

Ellsworth Kelly: Red Green Blue, San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, January 19–April 14, 2003; Exhibition tour: Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, April 27–July 27, 2003; New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, August 10–November 3, 2003.

Long term loan to The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, December 2003–present.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: Inscribed in black, center top edge of canvas: 1965 Kelly [cursive] PTG # 338 RELINED 1979-80- BY D. GOLDREYER / Kelly H338 RELINED 1989-90 BY D.GOLDREYER
Verso: Inscribed in black, center stretcher, left side: #338 65" x 150"
Verso: Signed and dated in black, center stretcher, right side: KELLY 65
Verso: Signed in black, center stretcher, right side: KELLY 65


[none]

Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Green Black
Ellsworth Kelly
1988
Oil on canvas
89.11
Blue Monolith
Hans Hofmann
1964
Oil on canvas
2004.23
Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)
Jasper Johns
1984
Encaustic on canvas
2000.421
Meanwhile
Charis Ammon
2024
Oil on canvas
2024.566.A-.F
Moon Vessel
Jackson Pollock
c. 1945
Oil and enamel on canvas mounted on board
96.1756
Untitled
Michael Miller
1993
Acrylic and oil on canvas
93.333
The Battle
Robert Levers
1979
Oil on canvas
96.1082
Woman with a Large Hat
Pablo Picasso
1962
Oil on canvas
2004.51
Macho meets Macho in Spontaneous Combustion
John Alexander
1984
Oil on canvas
97.207
Untitled
Mark Rothko
1968
Oil on paper mounted on canvas with acrylic
2004.52