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Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose abstract practice emphasized form, color, and spatial relationships. His work translated observations of nature into precise shapes and extended from paintings to monumental outdoor commissions. Houston Triptych (1986) was commissioned for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Cullen Sculpture Garden. Double Curve (1988), a pair of bronze forms, debuted with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, while White Curve (2009) was commissioned for an outdoor courtyard at the Art Institute of Chicago. His architectural project Austin brought colored glass, a redwood totem, and marble panels together in a contemplative building. Kelly gave the design to the Blanton Museum in 2015; the building opened posthumously in February 2018 with work by Overland Partners.

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