ENGLISH WORLD ELLSWORTH KELLY - FORMES ET COULEURS 1949 - 2015 - GATE 1959 - FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON
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| ELLSWORTH KELLY - FORMES ET COULEURS 1949 - 2015 - GATE 1959 - FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON Crédits photo : Gérard Pocquet https://ainsiparlaitlart.blogspot.com |
Gate, 1959
Aluminium peint | Painted aluminumWalker Art Center, Minneapolis Gift of Kate Butler Peterson, 1997
It was by cutting an x-shape from an envelope and folding it that Kelly created the sketch for Gate,
one of his first sculptures. The work is a direct descendant of his paintings: it continues his goal,
to liberate form from ground. Far from the wall, the form here has its own existence in space and
on the floor, but it retains painting's two-dimensionality, though without the mass inherent
in a traditional sculpture.
In this, as in his use of color, Kelly's familiarity with the work of Alexander Calder, to whom he was close, should be noted.
In this, as in his use of color, Kelly's familiarity with the work of Alexander Calder, to whom he was close, should be noted.
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| https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/fr/collection/artistes Crédits photo : Gérard Pocquet https://ainsiparlaitlart.blogspot.com |
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