Untitled
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Date: 1994
Dimensions:
20 ft. x 21 1/2 in. (6.1 m x 54.6 cm)
Medium: stainless steel
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Georgia and David K. Welles
Object number: 2003.55
Label Text:Ellsworth Kelly spent years exploring the aesthetic possibilities of simple, pure form. He reduced his paintings and sculptures to as few elements as possible, even to the point of using a single shape and color. This elegant steel shaft is twenty feet tall but only two inches thick. It stands in dramatic contrast to the round, fluted Ionic columns of the Museum building. Its subtle concave shape echoes the spaces between the slightly convex columns.
The curve has always been one of the most dominant elements in both Kelly’s paintings and sculptural work. The slightly concave edges of this sculpture imply the arcs of two imaginary (and immense) circles flanking it.
The curve has always been one of the most dominant elements in both Kelly’s paintings and sculptural work. The slightly concave edges of this sculpture imply the arcs of two imaginary (and immense) circles flanking it.
DescriptionBead-blasted stainless steel.
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