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Selected Works3528

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 99

Sotheby's
Yellow Black
Yellow Black, 1972
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
Yellow with Black and White
Yellow with Black and White, 2013
$1,143,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
York
York, 1959
$1,841,500
Nov 2025
Christie's
Gray Panel II
Gray Panel II, 1978
Bought In
May 2025
Christie's
Blue Black Red
Blue Black Red, 1964
$4,406,000
May 2025
Christie's
Two Curves
Two Curves, 2004
$3,801,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Blue Tablet
Blue Tablet, 1962
$2,470,000
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Rose
Rose, 1992
$102,000
Sep 2024
Christie's
Blue Pale Gray
Blue Pale Gray, 1960
$2,288,500
May 2024
Sotheby's
Yellow Relief with White
Yellow Relief with White, 2011
$1,572,500
May 2024
Christie's
Beach Plant
Beach Plant, 1984
Bought In
Mar 2024
Christie's
Coral Leaf 5
Coral Leaf 5, 1987
Bought In
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Blue Black Green
Blue Black Green, 2006
Unknown
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Magnolia
Magnolia, 1966
$101,600
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Study for Three Panels
Study for Three Panels, 1954
Bought In
Oct 2023
Christie's
Thirteen Drawings
Thirteen Drawings, 1979
Bought In
Mar 2023
Christie's
Green Curve in Relief
Green Curve in Relief, 2009
$2,820,000
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Rebound
Rebound, 1959
$4,285,000
May 2022
Sotheby's
Gray Curve Relief
Gray Curve Relief, 2010
$1,986,000
May 2022
Christie's
Untitled - Green with Red
Untitled - Green with Red
$403,200
May 2022
Christie's
Blue Red-Orange
Blue Red-Orange, 1964
$2,940,000
May 2022
Sotheby's
Cyclamen
Cyclamen, 1985
$75,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
White Relief Over Black
White Relief Over Black, 2012
$3,045,000
Nov 2021
Sotheby's
Magnolia
Magnolia, 1984
$94,500
Nov 2021
Christie's
Yellow Panel with Red Curve
Yellow Panel with Red Curve, 1989
$4,830,000
Nov 2021

For Sale 6

Susan Sheehan Gallery · Artsy
Colored Paper Image XV (Dark Gray with Blue)
Colored Paper Image XV (Dark Gray with Blue), 1976
Price on request
Colored and pressed paper pulp
Gemini G.E.L. · Artsy
Blue/Black/Red/Green
Blue/Black/Red/Green, 2001
Price on request
4 color lithograph
Susan Sheehan Gallery · Artsy
Colored Paper Image XIV (Yellow Curve)
Colored Paper Image XIV (Yellow Curve), 1976
Price on request
Colored and pressed paper pulp
ICA Philadelphia · Artsy
Small Blue Curve
Small Blue Curve, 2013
Price on request
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Gemini G.E.L. · Artsy
Small Blue Curve
Small Blue Curve, 2012
Price on request
2012
Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs
Ellsworth Kelly - 2 Unique signed works - collage and drawing, museum provenance
Ellsworth Kelly - 2 Unique signed works - collage and drawing, museum provenance
$280,000
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Market1,826 auction results

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$77.5K – $9.8M
53 of 63 paintings lots with prices
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$2.2M
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$2.3M
53 priced paintings lots
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Nov 2025 · $1.1M
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Paintings: $2.3M medianWorks on paper: $51.9K medianSculpture/objects: $221K medianEditioned prints: $8.8K medianUnclassified lots: $18.8K medianBooks/portfolios: $4.8K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.8K medianEditioned objects: $37.5K median
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Prizes & Awards1

Praemium Imperiale
Winner 2000
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Education3

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA)
Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University
Boston, MA, USA
Pratt Institute
New York, NY, USA
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Publications13

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Monograph 1

Ellsworth Kelly
Phaidon Press · 2018

Exhibition Catalog 9

Ellsworth Kelly Author
MoMA Publications · 2024
Fresh Widow: The Window in Art since Matisse and Duchamp
Hatje Cantz · 2012
Ellsworth Kelly Author
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Ellsworth Kelly Schwarz & Weiß
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Fernand Léger: Paris - New York
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Ellsworth Kelly Author
Abrams · 2007
Drawn from Nature
Yale University Press · 2005
Ellsworth Kelly in Dallas
Yale University Press · 2004
Ellsworth Kelly - Zwischen-Räume: Werke 1956-2002 Author
Hatje Cantz · 2002

Group Catalog 1

Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection
Phaidon Press

Survey 2

Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now
Thames & Hudson · 2022
Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art
Phaidon Press
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Current Exhibitions0

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#84 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Nov 5, 2026

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Past Exhibitions36

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#56 Matthew Marks Gallery

The Naming of Colors

Ellsworth Kelly, Celine Choon

523 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 26, 2026 — Apr 11, 2026

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#56 Matthew Marks Gallery

Black and White

ELLSWORTH KELLY

523 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 8, 2024 — Jan 25, 2025

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jan 2, 2024 — Feb 24, 2024

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini: An Exploration of Color

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 6, 2023 — Dec 5, 2023

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ellsworth Kelly: The Plant Lithographs

Ellsworth Kelly

465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Jun 28, 2023 — Sep 26, 2023

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#56 Matthew Marks Gallery

Blue Green Black Red

ELLSWORTH KELLY

523 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

May 6, 2022 — Jun 25, 2022

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Glenstone Museum

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

Mar 21, 2019 — Nov 8, 2020

Ellsworth Kelly Mar 21, 2019 - Nov 08, 2020 The Pavilions, Room 1

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#3,035 Mary Ryan Gallery, Inc

Ellsworth Kelly Prints: Colored Paper Pieces, Lithographs and Screenprints

Ellsworth Kelly

515 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, United States

Jan 6, 2018 — Feb 10, 2018

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#87 Leslie Sacks Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

2525 Michigan Ave b6, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States

Mar 4, 2017 — Apr 15, 2017

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Hyde Collection

ELLSWORTH KELLY: SLOW CURVE | June 25 – September 17, 2017

Ellsworth Kelly

161 Warren St, Glens Falls, NY 12801, USA

Jan 1, 2017

viewELLSWORTH KELLY: SLOW CURVE | June 25 – September 17, 2017

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly: The RIvers

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Dec 8, 2016 — Jan 28, 2017

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#914 Upsilon Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly: Prints 1949 - 1989

Ellsworth Kelly

23 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, United States

Mar 3, 2016 — Apr 16, 2016

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly: Selected Works

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Dec 11, 2014 — Feb 7, 2015

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

EK@90 Celebrating Ellsworth Kelly's 90th Birthday

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

May 2, 2013 — Jun 15, 2013

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Singular Forms 1966 - 2009

Ellsworth Kelly

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 18, 2013 — Jun 8, 2013

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly: Spectral Colors

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Oct 26, 2012 — Dec 8, 2012

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#8 Marian Goodman Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

385 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, United States

May 16, 2012 — Jul 13, 2012

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#84 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Ellsworth Kelly Small Paintings, 1955 - 63

Ellsworth Kelly

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Feb 3, 2005 — Apr 23, 2005

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly: New Editions

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 28, 2004 — Jan 8, 2005

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Black and White

Ellsworth Kelly

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Feb 15, 1996 — Apr 13, 1996

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

At Right Angles, 1964–1966

Ellsworth Kelly

Feb 14, 1992 — Mar 14, 1992

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

Ellsworth Kelly Diagonals and Colored panels 1970 - 1990

Ellsworth Kelly

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Apr 12, 1991 — Jun 15, 1991

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Mar 14, 1991 — May 18, 1991

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly 65 THOMPSON

Ellsworth Kelly

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

May 12, 1990 — Jul 28, 1990

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Early Paintings

Ellsworth Kelly

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Apr 29, 1989 — Jun 3, 1989

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Painted Wall Sculptures

Ellsworth Kelly

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Nov 1, 1982 — Nov 30, 1982

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings

Ellsworth Kelly

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 11, 1981 — May 2, 1981

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Group Exhibition Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 5, 1980 — May 10, 1980

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly (In conjunction with BlumHelman gallery)

Ellsworth Kelly

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Feb 5, 1977 — Feb 26, 1977

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Gray Series Paintings

Ellsworth Kelly

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 12, 1975 — May 3, 1975

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#1,011 Castelli Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly Curved Series

Ellsworth Kelly

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 7, 1973 — Apr 28, 1973

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Art Institute of Chicago

Ellsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance

Ellsworth Kelly

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Jan 1, 1953

Ellsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance This exhibition brings together, for the first time, the full series of Kelly’s Spectrum Colors Arranged ...

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Art Institute of Chicago

Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings

Ellsworth Kelly

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Jan 1, 1941 — Jan 1, 2011

Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings Nearly 100 works from 1941 to 2011 showcase how one of the most famous post-war American abstract artists was also a dedic...

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ellsworth Kelly: The Plant Lithographs

Ellsworth Kelly

465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Dec 18, 2023

Ellsworth Kelly — June 28 – December 18, 2023

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#5,590 Cahiers d'Art

Ellsworth Kelly - Windows

Ellsworth Kelly

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#5,590 Cahiers d'Art

Ellsworth Kelly - 2024

Ellsworth Kelly

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Art Fair Appearances23

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Art Basel Paris — Paris
2026
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2022
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2020
The Armory Show — New York
2020
Untitled: San Francisco — San Francisco
2020
Art Basel — Basel
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2017
The Armory Show — New York
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
The Armory Show — New York
2016
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Ellsworth Kelly
Nov 5, 2026
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Art Fair
Art Basel Paris 2026
Oct 23, 2026
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The Art Market Post-Pollock
May 29, 2026
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Art Basel Paris Names 206 Exhibitors for This Year’s Edition, the First Under a New Director
May 28, 2026
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May 27, 2026
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May 6, 2026
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May 2, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
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