Ellsworth Kelly
Blue with Yellow

CultureAmerican

Titles

Blue with Yellow

Date1965

MediumLithograph on zinc in blue and yellow on Arches wove paper, edition 60/90

DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 12 in. (38.7 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/4 × 19 in. (64.1 × 48.3 cm)
Frame: 30 1/2 × 24 × 1 1/8 in. (77.5 × 61 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio

Object number2024.1248

Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist and Maeght Éditeur, 1965; collection of Peter and Frances Parker Marzio (1947-2022)1, to 2022; Estate of Frances Parker Marzio, 2022-2023; given to MFAH, 2023.

1. Three years after marrying Peter Marzio in 1979, Frances Parker Marzio and her husband moved to Houston, where Peter assumed the position of Director at the MFAH. Putting to use an education received at the University of Miami and George Washington University, as well as experience gained as a fellow at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances served as the curator of antiquities at the MFAH from the early 1990s through 2016. During her tenure, she curated many exhibitions and wrote or co-wrote multiple books, and she coupled her curatorial work with responsibilities as an aide to the museum’s Board of Trustees.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Editioned in graphite, below image, bottom left corner: 60/90
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, bottom right corner: Kelly [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: Watermark, bottom edge: ARCHES

Catalogue raisonnéAxsom 31

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