Focus: Ellsworth Kelly

This exhibition is devoted to 13 paintings and drawings by Ellsworth Kelly. Three of the paintings are on view for the first time at MoMA and are recent acquisitions: Relief with Blue (1950), a gift from Donald L. Bryant, Jr., a Museum Trustee; Dominican (1952), a gift from the artist; and Two Whites (1959), a gift from James and Kathy Goodman. In addition to these and other pivotal works from the 1950s, the installation will feature a major work from the 1980s, Three Panels: Orange, Dark Gray, Green (1986). Composed of three shaped canvases, it spans 34 feet of the gallery wall. Over the past five decades, Kelly has redefined abstraction by examining the shapes and colors found in natural and manmade forms, producing a visually and philosophically sophisticated body of work. Organized by Elizabeth Reede, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art.

Focus: Ellsworth Kelly
The Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann Gallery, fourth floor
Kurator: Elizabeth Reede