Blue Green Red II
Date1965
Maker
Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923 - 2015
Object number2007.119
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 CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
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.Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions87 1/2 x 101 3/8 in. (222.3 x 257.5 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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