DETAILS
- Artist
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Date
- 1953
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Culture
- United States
ART MOVEMENTS
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THE ARTIST
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly, a master of hard-edge painting, transformed everyday observations into vibrant, minimalist forms, from birdwatching to military camouflage.
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Same era · 1930s–1960s
Greyed Rainbow
Jackson Pollock · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Red Plank
John McCracken · 1969 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Sun Spot
Yayoi Kusama · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Deux personnages
Pierre Alechinsky · 1950
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Impregnazione
Piero Manzoni · 1958
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Alka Seltzer
Roy Lichtenstein · 1966 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Red No. 2
Sam Francis · 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Portrait of Mary Block
Ivan Puni · 1955 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Woman at the Piano
Philip Evergood · 1955 · Smithsonian American Art Museum
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Nighthawks
Okada Saburosuke · 1942 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Figure with Meat
Francis Bacon · 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Portrait of Sylvette David
Pablo Picasso · 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1930s–1960s
Wheatfield
Georges Braque · 1951 · Art Institute of Chicago