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Ellsworth Kelly<br />

Sketchbook 23 1954<br />

This reproduction <strong>of</strong> Ellsworth Kelly’s 1954 Sketchbook 23, <strong>of</strong>fers a rare glimpse into <strong>the</strong> celebrated artist’s rigorous<br />

exploration <strong>of</strong> line, form and composition. Drawn into a blank book, Kelly’s line forms a continuous gesture over<br />

25 pages as <strong>the</strong> artist saw and captured <strong>the</strong> changing fall <strong>of</strong> shadows while riding on a bus in Paris, pursuing a path <strong>of</strong><br />

eccentric discovery and distillation through subtle variations and bold transformations.<br />

Ellsworth Kelly was born in Newburgh, New York, in 1923. His first one-person exhibition was held in 1951 in Paris,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> artist was studying on <strong>the</strong> G.I. Bill following World War II. He returned to <strong>the</strong> United States in 1954, renting<br />

a studio in downtown New York City, and his position among America’s most esteemed painters began to take form.<br />

Since that time, <strong>the</strong> artist’s work has been <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> numerous major retrospectives worldwide and is presently<br />

included in all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most important public collections <strong>of</strong> contemporary art. Kelly currently lives and works in upstate<br />

New York.<br />

Exhibition: Mat<strong>the</strong>w Marks Gallery, New York, November 11, 2006 to January 27, 2007.<br />

Ellsworth Kelly<br />

Sketchbook 23 1954<br />

Book design by Ellsworth Kelly and Gerhard <strong>Steidl</strong><br />

48 pages, fully illustrated<br />

7.3 x 10 in. / 18.5 x 25.5 cm<br />

Clothbound hardcover with dust jacket<br />

$ 30.00 / £ 17.50 / € 25.00<br />

ISBN: 978-3-86521-415-7<br />

PostScript Bild<br />

(9783865214157)<br />

175

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