May 12, 2016
1. Ellsworth Kelly, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance II, 1951, cut-and-pasted paper and pencil on paper, 97.2 x 97.2 cm, MoMA, New York. Source
2. Ellsworth Kelly, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance VI, 1951, cut-and-pasted paper and pencil on paper, 94.6 x 94.6 cm, MoMA, New York. Source
Though these two compositions look like they were produced using a digital process, Kelly’s Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance actually involve a simple cut-and-pasted paper collage technique. On closer inspection, you just make out the slightly imperfect alignment of the squares composed, of course, by human hand.
