Dark Green Panel II
1981 - 1982
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painted aluminum
Dimensions
overall (irregular): 81.6 × 73.66 × 0.48 cm (32 1/8 × 29 × 3/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
2015.139.21
Art Historical Context
Ellsworth Kelly's *Dark Green Panel II* (1981–1982) is a striking example of minimalist sculpture, crafted from painted aluminum in an irregular, flat panel measuring approximately 32 × 29 inches and just under half an inch thick. Hung on the wall like a painting, this deep green form commands attention through its bold simplicity and precise edges, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay of color, shape, and space. Kelly, a leading figure in post-war American abstraction, drew from influences like Matisse and Mondrian to pioneer hard-edge painting and shaped canvases. By the 1980s, he ...
About the Artist
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) was a pioneering American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose career reshaped abstract art through precise geometry, bold color, and innovative forms. Born in Newburgh, New York, as the second of three sons to an insurance executive father and schoolteacher mother, Kelly developed an early fascination with nature's patterns, sparked by his paternal grandmother's int...