Spectrum V

Ellsworth Kelly  (American, born Newburgh, New York, 1923)

Date:
1969
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Each panel: H. 84-1/4, W. 34-1/4 in. (214 x 87 cm.)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist, 1969
Accession Number:
69.210a-m
  • Exhibition History

    New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ¦ New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970¦, 19 October 1969 - 8 February 1970, no. 180

    New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. ¦The Structure of Color¦, Feb. - April 1971 (no catalogue).

    Albany, New York State Museum. New York: The State of the Art, October 8 - November 27, 1977, checklist no. 528.

  • References

    Metropolitan Museum Bulletin, vol. 29 (October 1970), p. 99 (ill.), p. 99:

    "By dividing his 1969 Spectrum V into thirteen tones, painted flatly and evenly on thirteen identical panels, Ellsworth Kelly created subtle variations within a monumental format. Color here is an almost-architectural element, intensifying our sense of perspective and articulating the wall as a totality. 84 x 443 inches, Gift of Ellsworth Kelly, 69.210."

    Metropolitan Museum of Art. Notable Acquisitions: 1965-75, published 1975.

    Holland Cotter. "Reflections." New York Times (January 4, 2013), Ill. in color, C24.

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