Ellsworth Kelly
Blue Red

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Artist Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015)American, 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

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

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

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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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