Black with White Bar 1, 1970

ArtistEllsworth Kelly, Newburgh 1923–2015 Spencertown

Oil on canvas

(H x W)127,2 × 290 cm

Status

not on display

About the workAround a third of all paintings by the American colour field painter Ellsworth Kelly are in the achromatic tones of black, white and grey. Two monochrome, rectangular canvases are combined to make a single work. Although the white surface is clearly larger, there is nevertheless a visual balance between this and the contrasting black surface below: both panels have an equal presence thanks to the interplay of colour, form and arrangement. This picture was acquired by the art collector Willi Kemp from Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf in 1972.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation

Provenancen.d. Leo Castelli Inc., New York; [...]; November 1972 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) acquired from Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast acquired by gift of Willi Kemp

Inventory number0.mkp.2011.Kemp105

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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