About the Artwork
Black White
1968
Ellsworth Kelly
1923-2015
American
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Painted 1/2 inch aluminum
Overall: 100 × 146 × 40 inches (254 cm × 3 m 70.8 cm × 101.6 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the artist
69.361
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Provenance
1969-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Sims, Patterson. Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture. New York, 1982, p.92-93, no. 48 (ill.).
Armstrong, Timothy, et al. 200 Years of American Sculpture. New York,1976, p. 341, no. 117 (fig 311).
Coplans, John. Ellsworth Kelly. New York, 1971 (pl.214).
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly. Exh. cat., Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, 1968, no. 27, (ill.).
The Art of the Real U.S.A. 1948-1968. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York,1968, p. 46 [listed as "Untitled"].
New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1969, p. 205, no. 185 (ill.).
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Ellsworth Kelly, Black White, 1968, painted 1/2 inch aluminum. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 69.361.
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