East River by Ellsworth Kelly
Art Institute of Chicago

East River

Ellsworth Kelly · 1959

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, New York; sold through Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, to Albert L. Arenberg (1891-1969) and Claire Arenberg (nee Strauss) (1901-1982), Highland Park, IL, Feb. 3, 1960 [appraisal letter from Art Dealers Association of America, Oct. 29, 1969, copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 30, 1968.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Dec. 9, 1959–Jan. 31, 1960, cat. 62.
  • Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors Exhibition, Sept. 20–Oct. 27, 1963, no cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum, 1960), 8, cat. 62 (no ill.).
  • John Maxon and Stanley M. Freehling, Chicago Collectors Exhibition, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1963), 3 (no. ill.).
  • John Coplans, Ellsworth Kelly (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1972), 190, cat. 127 (ill.).
  • Miriam Di Nunzio, “Abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly dies at 92; Art Institute home to collection of his works,” Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment and Culture (Dec. 29, 2015), 45 (color ill.).

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