Ellsworth Kelly
Sweet Pea
1959
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Ellsworth Kelly
Sweet Pea
1959
Physical Qualities
Graphite, Sheet: 573 × 724 mm. (22 9/16 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection
Object Number
1970.4.20
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1970; Mr. Edward Benesch, NY, 1970; Sidney Janis Gallery, NY, 1969; the artist
Metropolitan Museum of Art, "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970," 18 October - 1 February 1970, cat 190.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 14 October - 12 December 1982.
BMA, "Selected Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Collection," 3 September - 1 December 1985.
BMA, "Modern Master Drawings from the Museum's Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 21 February - 30 April 1989.
BMA, "BMA Collects: Landscape Drawings from the T.E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 8 May - 17 June, 1990.
BMA, "Major Modern Drawings from the Collection," 8 October - 18 December 1994.
BMA, "Select Views: Drawings from the Benesch Collection," 21 May - 30 July 2006.
Darsie Alexander, BMA, "Front Room: Ellsworth Kelly," 14 November 2007 - 17 February 2008.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings," June 04, 2012 - Sept 03, 2012.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 14 October - 12 December 1982.
BMA, "Selected Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Collection," 3 September - 1 December 1985.
BMA, "Modern Master Drawings from the Museum's Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 21 February - 30 April 1989.
BMA, "BMA Collects: Landscape Drawings from the T.E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 8 May - 17 June, 1990.
BMA, "Major Modern Drawings from the Collection," 8 October - 18 December 1994.
BMA, "Select Views: Drawings from the Benesch Collection," 21 May - 30 July 2006.
Darsie Alexander, BMA, "Front Room: Ellsworth Kelly," 14 November 2007 - 17 February 2008.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings," June 04, 2012 - Sept 03, 2012.
"The Thomas Edward Benesch Memorial Collection," BMA, 1970, unpaginated.
Ana Rosner, "The Benesch Collection: The Intimate World of Drawings." Newsletter of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society (Spring 2006), illus. p. 23.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 165, ill.
Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Kelly / Sweet Pea / 20 March 60"; lower right verso in graphite: "Kelly"; lower left verso in graphite: Sweet Pea / 20 March 1960"
