Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), Diagonal with Curve VII

Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Diagonal with Curve VII
signed, numbered and dated 'KELLY 1978 #568' (on the overlap); signed again, numbered again and dated again '#568 KELLY 1978' (on the stretcher)
oil on shaped canvas
107 1/2 x 52 in. (273.1 x 132 cm.)
Painted in 1978.

Provenance
Blum Helman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981

Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Distinguished West Coast Collection

Literature
H. Kramer, "A Refuge From the Vexing 70's," New York Times, 25 March 1979, p. 31.
J. A. Lewis, "'Setting standards' at the Corcoran," ARTnews, vol. 78, no. 4, April 1979, p. 85 (illustrated in color).
B. Conrad III, “A Stroll Down Fifty-Seventh Street,” Horizon, April 1981, p. 31 (installation view illustrated in color).
J. Keats, "The essential artist – Ellsworth Kelly is a master at painting only what matters," San Francisco Magazine, August 2002, p. 90.

Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The 36th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, February-April 1979, pp. 27 and 54, no. 19 (illustrated in color).
New York, Blum Helman Gallery, Three by Four: Kelly, Stella, Diebenkorn, Lichtenstein, December 1980-April 1981.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco, July 2002-January 2003, pp. 88 and 94, no. 47, pl. 55 (illustrated in color).