Artist Name:
Ellsworth Kelly
Nationality & Life Dates:
American, born 1923
Title:
Red Curve VI
Date:
1982
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
74 1/4 x 140 1/2 inches
Credit Line:
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 Number:
2002.3
Copyright:
© Ellsworth Kelly
On View - Wieland Pavilion, Skyway Level, Gallery 420
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.