{"product_id":"ellsworth-kelly-caitlin-haskell-9780300284058","title":"Ellsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA look at Ellsworth Kelly's eight \u003ci\u003eSpectrum Colors Arranged by Chance\u003c\/i\u003e collages and how they set the foundation for his career-long exploration of abstract, minimalist art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revered for his iconic color field paintings, Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) is one of the most influential artists in American Abstraction. His body of work, encompassing paintings, sculptures, and prints, illustrates his unprecedented experiments with form and color. Less well known are his eight collages, known as \u003ci\u003eSpectrum Colors Arranged by Chance\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), which led directly to some of the artist's most iconic early works. Made from papier \u003ci\u003egomette\u003c\/i\u003e, or sticky squares of colored paper used by French schoolchildren, these collages represent Kelly's early exploration of non-compositional strategies. Created by using chance operations to place the \u003ci\u003egomette \u003c\/i\u003eon grids, \u003ci\u003eSpectrum Colors Arranged by Chance \u003c\/i\u003eboldly anticipates the evolution of Kelly's innovative methods. Alongside brilliant photographs that bring the reader into intimate contact with Kelly's series of collages, a wide-ranging roundtable conversation with artist Jacqueline B. Humphries, art historian Hannah Higgins, and Kelly's widower, the photographer Jack Shear, explores the origins of these groundbreaking works and their continued resonance today, bringing to life the story of his bold, experimental designs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Haskell, Giampaolo Bianconi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300284055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300284058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Art Institute of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Caitlin Haskell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880906903807,"sku":"9780300284058","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e4396df-75de-44bb-9562-c03f3fc1eee0.jpg?v=1747970081","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ellsworth-kelly-caitlin-haskell-9780300284058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}