OBS-017
Field Notes on Shape and Tone
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Ellsworth Kelly — Edges in Color
OBS-017
Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
OBS-017
Origin:
New York, USA
Era:
Modern
Themes / Lineage:
color-and-geometry
Field Notes:
edge guiding chromatic structure
Quiet Modernism appears here as clarity achieved through chromatic edges.

Ellsworth Kelly — Edges in Color

Field Notes on Shape and Tone

Color defines edge without modulation.

Contours remain flat.

Relation is direct.

How is the edge defined?
Edges are often clarified through outline or modulation, but mediation is removed. Color alone establishes boundary. What continues is direct relation held without softening.

Edges are often clarified through outline or modulation, but mediation is removed.

Color alone establishes boundary.

What continues is direct relation held without softening.

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