Details

Title

Red Curve VI

Artist/Maker

Ellsworth Kelly (American,1923–2015)

Date

1982

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

74 1/4 x 140 1/2 inches

Credit

Purchase with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund

Accession #

2002.3

On View

On View - Wieland Pavilion, Skyway, Gallery 413

Red Curve VI continues Kelly’s thematic pursuits in the realms of color, shape, and space, but this time as they apply to the color red. This primary color, uniformly applied to its boldly-shaped canvas, furthers Kelly’s presentation of the atmospheric effects of color within a room.

Image Copyright

© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

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