id: 140139
accession number: 1964.142
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.142
updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:06.178000
Red Blue, 1962. Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015). Oil on canvas; framed: 230 x 178 x 4 cm (90 9/16 x 70 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 228.6 x 176.4 cm (90 x 69 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.142 © Ellsworth Kelly
title: Red Blue
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creation date: 1962
creation date earliest: 1962
creation date latest: 1962
current location: 224A Contemporary Corridor
creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright: © Ellsworth Kelly
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 230 x 178 x 4 cm (90 9/16 x 70 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 228.6 x 176.4 cm (90 x 69 7/16 in.)
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inscription: Signed, dated and titled on back of cardboard backing
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1964)
opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
title: Works from the Contemporary Collection
opening date: 1969-07-01T04:00:00
Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).
title: Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021
opening date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00
Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Dunn International. Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; (September 7– October 6, 1963); The Tate Gallery, London, England (November 14-December 22, 1963)', 'opening_date': '1963-11-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1964
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1964–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Richardson, John. Dunn International; An Exhibition of Contemporary Painting Sponsored by the Sir James Dunn Foundation. Great Britain, Arts Council. Catalogues. 1963. Volume 2. [London]: Arts Council, 1963.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 41
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Greenberg, Clement. “Post Painterly Abstraction,” Art International 8 (Summer 1964).
page number: Reproduced: p. 64
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Henning, Edward B. “The Language of Art,” Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 1964).
page number: Reproduced: p. 226; Mentioned p. 227
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“Year in Review for 1964,” Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (December 1964).
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 203
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n227
“Recent Accessions in the American Field,” Art in America 54 (May/June 1966).
page number: Reproduced: p. 48
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Handbook of The Cleveland Museum of Art (1969).
page number: Reproduced: p. 203
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 5
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 203
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n227
Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 5
url: https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n5
Henning, Edward B. “Reconstruction: A Painting by Jasper Johns,” Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 1973).
page number: Mentioned p. 239; Reproduced: p. 241
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 254
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n274
Greenberg, Clement. “Avant-Garde Attitudes: New Art in the Sixties,” American Art-Readings from the Colonial Era to the Present (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1980).
page number: Mentioned p. 326; Reproduced: p. 327
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 116
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Paik, Tricia Y., Ellsworth Kelly, Gavin Delahunty, Gary Garrels, Richard Shiff, and Robert Storr. Ellsworth Kelly, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: p. 183, 362
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