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Untitled, by Ellsworth Kelly, ink, 1966

Untitled

Ellsworth Kelly

1966

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Dominant colour

Overview

Untitled is a 1966 ink by Ellsworth Kelly, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?
Ellsworth Kelly
When & what style?
1966
Where can I see it?
Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a white page with four black circles. Two big ones overlap in the middle, with a smaller one tucked under them. The fourth circle sits off to the side, a bit smaller than the others. The lines are clean and simple, like they were drawn with a ruler. The circles don’t look like anything real—they’re just shapes. But the way they touch and overlap makes you notice how they share space. The artist signed it in the corner, and there’s a tiny date stamp too. If you like this kind of clean, simple art, look up lithography next. It’s the printing method used to make this.

About the artist

Portrait of Ellsworth Kelly
Artist

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 – December 27, 2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism.

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