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Ellsworth Kelly, American (1923-2015) Red-Orange Over Black, 1970, color silkscreen, Arjomari p…
Red-Orange over Black
Ellsworth Kelly, American (1923-2015) Red-Orange Over Black, 1970, color silkscreen, Arjomari paper, 24 x 30 in. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Gift to the Murray Collection in Memory of Terry A. Murray, 1991.2.13. © Ellsworth Kelly. Photograph by Joseph Levy

Red-Orange over Black

Artist Ellsworth Kelly American, 1923 - 2015
Date1970
MediumColor silkscreen, Arjomari paper
DimensionsImage Size: 16 1/4 × 21 in. (41.3 × 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 27 × 33 × 2 in. (68.6 × 83.8 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift to The Murray Collection in memory of Terry A. Murray
Object number1991.2.13
On View
On view
Collections
  • Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Works on Paper
SignedSigned in pencil lower right: "Kelly."
InscribedNumber in edition written in pencil at the lower left: "148/250".
MarkingsLR. below and to the right of the artist's signature, embossed/blind-stamped with the Gemini GEL chopmark which is the encircled symbol of Gemini, the planet and horoscopic symbol, which resembles a Roman numeral "II", This is preceded by the encircled 'c' copyright emblem.
DescriptionA large T-shape formed of a long, horizontal orange-red rectangle (8 1/2" x 20 7/8") placed immediately above and exactly at the mid-point of a smaller (7 3/4 "x 8 7/8") black rectangle.

Float-mounted to matboard of a similar but yellower tone of white as the paper. Modern deep, box-like natural maple frame with UF3 plexi glazing.
Exhibition History"The Murray Collection: Art of the Twentieth Century, Selections from the Permanent Collection," exhibition catalogue, The Hyde Collection, Dec. 4, 1993-Feb. 20, 1994.

"After 1960: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, May 19-July 28, 2002.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013

"Elemental - Taking Shape" The Hyde Collection, Rotunda Gallery, February 14 - April 5, 2015

“Modern and Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection”, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, The Hyde Collection, December 28, 2017 – April 30, 2018

“Architect[ural],” The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 7 – Sept. 28, 2025
ProvenanceNew York, NY, Jane S. Murray
1991, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust