id: 163507 accession number: 2004.66 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.66 updated: 2023-08-24 00:05:10.694000 The River (State), 2003. Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015). Lithograph; sheet: 101.6 x 276.9 cm (40 x 109 in.); framed: 120.6 x 295.8 x 8.9 cm (47 1/2 x 116 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 2004.66 © Ellsworth Kelly title: The River (State) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2003 creation date earliest: 2003 creation date latest: 2003 current location: creditline: Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro copyright: © Ellsworth Kelly --- culture: America, 21st century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923–2015) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 101.6 x 276.9 cm (40 x 109 in.); Framed: 120.6 x 295.8 x 8.9 cm (47 1/2 x 116 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: 10 support materials: description: Arches cover paper laminated on Sintra aluminum panel watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now opening date: 2015-03-22T00:00:00 Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: During a visit to Basel, Switzerland, Ellsworth Kelly stood on the balcony of his hotel room one evening and became mesmerized by the reflections of the lights from a nearby bridge onto the rapid and rugged flow of the Rhine River. The scene inspired Kelly to execute The River (State) at Gemini G.E.L., an important printmaking workshop in Los Angeles which has a press large enough to produce this monumental lithograph printed in gray and two shades of black. Juxtaposing four equal vertical sections, each of which depicts the river at a different angle, intensifies the sensations of shimmering light and rushing water. Kelly is most well-known for paintings, prints, and sculptures that are brightly colored, free-form shapes. These, as well as all of his work, have their initial basis in nature, in actual perceptions of the world. A particular configuration - an open doorway, the gentle curve of a hill, light reflected on water - will seize his attention. He distills this observed form into pure, abstract shape. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES