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Blue Green Red II

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Blue Green Red II

1965

Ellsworth Kelly

American, 1923 - 2015

Oil on canvas
87 1/2 × 101 3/8 in. (222.3 × 257.5cm)
Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2007.119
Provenance: [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1965; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2007
Photo: Susan Cole
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bagley Wright: Twentieth Century American and European Paintings and Sculpture, Nov. 8 - Dec. 6, 1964. No. 24.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum (Modern Art Pavilion), The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: Artists of the Sixties, May 23 - June 29, 1969. No. 9.

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960, Feb. 1 - Mar. 16, 1975. No. 19.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Big Picture: Art After 1945, July 23, 2016 - May 16, 2021 [on view July 23 - Nov. 6, 2016].


Published ReferencesPossibly reproduced in: Rickey, George. Constructivism: Origins and Evolution. New York: G. Braziller, 1967

Maytham, Thomas N. et al. “The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960.” Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1975, cat. no. 19 (unpaginated).

Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 50, illus. p. 53

"Shortlist: Acquisition of the Year, The Apollo Awards 2014." www.apollo-magazine.com/apollo-awards-2014-acquisition-year/, 2014, illus.

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