Ellsworth Kelly
Drawings on a bus. Sketchbook 23. 1954
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York & Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2007
First edition, first printing.
All the drawings reproduced in this book are ink on paper.
This reproduction of Kelly’s 1954 sketchbook offers a rare glimpse into the celebrated artist’s rigorous exploration of line, form and composition in a single continuous gestural mark drawn in a blank book across 25 spreads as the artist observed the changing fall of shadows while riding on a bus in Paris.
Boxed edition hardcover in slipcase.
48 p. with 25 drawings.
26 X 18 cm