Artist
Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015)American, 1923–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Teasel
Date1949
PlaceUnited States
MediumBrush and ink with dry stylus on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/8 × 17 in. (56.2 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Object number98.46
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Ellsworth Kelly: Plant Drawings," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 5–September 8, 2012.
"Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip," The Menil Collection, April 14–August 6, 2017.
"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The work is signed in pencil, verso: "Kelly 1949 Thistle 2/3 P14.49 Thistle Bulekle 8/49."
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