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Title:Black White
Artist:Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
Date:1970
Medium:Oil on canvas, two joined panels
Dimensions:70 in. × 8 ft. 11 1/2 in. × 1 3/4 in. (177.8 × 273.1 × 4.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Object Number:2025.305a, b
the artist, Spencertown, N.Y. (1970–97; sold in May 1997 through Matthew Marks Gallery, New York to Emily Fisher Landau); Emily Fisher Landau (1997–d. 2023; her estate sale, Sotheby’s, New York, November 8, 2023, no. 24, sold to Ellsworth Kelly Foundation); Ellsworth Kelly Foundation (2023–25; their gift to MMA)
New York. Sidney Janis. "Recent Paintings by Ellsworth Kelly," November 3–27, 1971, no. 7 (as "Two Panels: Black White").
Amsterdam. Stedelijk Museum. "Ellsworth Kelly: Schilderijen en Beelden 1963–1979," December 13, 1979–February 3, 1980, no. 8 (lent by the artist).
London. Hayward Gallery. "Ellsworth Kelly: Painting and Sculpture 1966–1979," February 27–April 7, 1980, no. 5 (lent by the artist).
Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. "Ellsworth Kelly: peintures et sculptures 1968–1979," April 23–June 15, 1980, no. 3 (lent by the artist).
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. "Ellsworth Kelly: Gemälde und Skulpturen 1966–1979," July 5–September 7, 1980, no. 6 (lent by the artist).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985," November 23, 1986–March 8, 1987, unnumbered cat. (p. 350; lent by a private collection).
Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art. "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985," April 17–July 19, 1987, unnumbered cat.
The Hague. Haags Gemeentemuseum. "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985," September 1–November 22, 1987, unnumbered cat.
Long Island City. Fisher Landau Center for Art. "Visual Conversations: Selections from the Collection," September 28–December 31, 2012, no catalogue (exhibited on the third floor).
John Coplans. Ellsworth Kelly. New York, [197?], pl. 195, calls it "Two Panels: Black White".
L[awrence]. C[ampbell]. "Reviews and Previews: Ellsworth Kelly [Janis]." Art News 70 (December 1971), pp. 16–17, generally discusses Exh. New York 1971.
John Elderfield. "Color and Area: New Paintings by Ellsworth Kelly." Artforum 10 (November 1971), p. 47, calls it "Two Panels: Black White".
James R. Mellow. "Too Much With Too Little and Too Little With Too Much." New York Times (November 21, 1971), p. D25, ill., calls it "2 Panels: Black White".
John Perreault. "Wavering Home: Kelly's Light Slabs." Village Voice (November 11, 1971), pp. 23–24.
E. C. Goossen. Ellsworth Kelly. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1973, p. 88, ill. p. 90.
Joseph Masheck. "Hard-Core Painting." Artforum 16 (April 1978), p. 50, ill. p. 51, calls it "Two Panels: Black, White" in text and "Two Panels: Black White" in caption.
Bernard Blistène. "Ellsworth Kelly: La Peinture en Representation." Artistes no. 3 (February–March 1980), p. 21, ill.
Richard H. Axsom. The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly: A Catalogue Raisonné 1949–1985. New York, 1987, p. 84.
Claudine Humblet. La Nouvelle Abstraction Américaine 1950–1970. [Milan], 2003, vol. 1, pp. 564, 587 n. 265.
Claudine Humblet. The New American Abstraction 1950–1970. 2nd ed. (1st ed., French, 2003). Milan, 2007, vol. 1, pp. 564, 586 n. 265, [reprints Ref. Humblet 2003].
Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
1983
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