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Ellsworth Kelly, Dark Green Curve I, 1982, oil on canvas, 72 1/2 x 102 1/8 in., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Photo by rbasallote via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License.

Simply Ellsworth Kelly

There is no room for interpretation here: you are looking at a large, flat green shape created by Ellsworth Kelly. This work of art that boldly asserts its flatness is typical of Kelly’s Formalist art, which in many ways was … Continue reading