Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923)
Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923)

Untitled

Details
Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923)
Untitled
watercolor and black ball-point pen on two pieces of joined, unlined notebook paper, with a letter from the artist on the reverse
size overall: 11 x 8.3/8 in. (27.9 x 21.3 cm.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles

Lot Essay

The complete text of the artist's letter is as follows:

"My dear LOUIS When are we going to Egypt? Yrs, Ells. My next show here is scheduled for January 11, 1960-- How are you & the Paris winter? Yesterday was almost spring-- I walked in Central park & almost expected to see leaves beginning-- but today the 3 paintings are on the way. Let me know how they arrive. If any of the black need retouching use BLOCK X black (Belgian color). I have been working on many small pictures studies for larger ones--"