2019 First-Class Forever Stamp,Ellsworth Kelly: "Blue Red Rocker"
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US #5384
2019 Blue Red Rocker – Ellsworth Kelly
- Part of the 10-stamp set commemorating abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ellsworth Kelly
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 31, 2019
First Day City: Spencertown, New York
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To honor Ellsworth Kelly, an abstract artist known for his paintings, sculpture, and works on paper.
About the stamp design: Picture’s Kelly’s piece Blue Red Rocker (1963).
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Ellsworth Kelly Studio in Spencertown, New York.
About the Ellsworth Kelly set: Includes 10 different stamp designs, each picturing a piece of art created by Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015). The pieces shown are: Yellow White (1961), Colors for a Large Wall (1951), Blue Red Rocker (1963), Spectrum I (1953), South Ferry (1956), Blue Green (1962), Orange Red Relief (for Delphine Seyrig) (1990), Meschers (1951), Red Blue (1964), and Gaza (1956). The selvage of the complete pane of 20 includes a segment of Blue Yellow Red III (1971).
History the stamp represents: While the majority of Ellsworth Kelly’s career was spent painting, he also produced a large number of sculptures. Like his paintings, these sculptures focused on form, but their three-dimensional nature pushed Kelly to new limits.
Kelly began experimenting with sculpture in 1958, first working with wood, and later different metals. In 1959, while talking with a friend and playing with the lid from a coffee cup, Kelly felt a spark of inspiration. He cut and folded part of the lid and then rocked it on the table, similar to a child’s rocking horse. From this, Kelly produced his first sculpture in his Rocker series, Pony.
Kelly took great joy in sculpting and eventually devoted as much time to it as he did painting. He soon developed a process – he would start by sketching, then create a print, then a freestanding piece, and then the final sculpture. Some of his sculptures were totems, up to 15 feet tall. Others were large wall reliefs stretching over 14 feet wide.
Kelly’s sculptures were intentionally simple, made so they could be viewed quickly, even with just a glance. Their stark shapes and smooth, flat surfaces could make it hard to distinguish foreground from background. This made the area around the sculpture part of it, a feature he also worked into his paintings.
US #5384
2019 Blue Red Rocker – Ellsworth Kelly
- Part of the 10-stamp set commemorating abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ellsworth Kelly
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 31, 2019
First Day City: Spencertown, New York
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To honor Ellsworth Kelly, an abstract artist known for his paintings, sculpture, and works on paper.
About the stamp design: Picture’s Kelly’s piece Blue Red Rocker (1963).
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Ellsworth Kelly Studio in Spencertown, New York.
About the Ellsworth Kelly set: Includes 10 different stamp designs, each picturing a piece of art created by Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015). The pieces shown are: Yellow White (1961), Colors for a Large Wall (1951), Blue Red Rocker (1963), Spectrum I (1953), South Ferry (1956), Blue Green (1962), Orange Red Relief (for Delphine Seyrig) (1990), Meschers (1951), Red Blue (1964), and Gaza (1956). The selvage of the complete pane of 20 includes a segment of Blue Yellow Red III (1971).
History the stamp represents: While the majority of Ellsworth Kelly’s career was spent painting, he also produced a large number of sculptures. Like his paintings, these sculptures focused on form, but their three-dimensional nature pushed Kelly to new limits.
Kelly began experimenting with sculpture in 1958, first working with wood, and later different metals. In 1959, while talking with a friend and playing with the lid from a coffee cup, Kelly felt a spark of inspiration. He cut and folded part of the lid and then rocked it on the table, similar to a child’s rocking horse. From this, Kelly produced his first sculpture in his Rocker series, Pony.
Kelly took great joy in sculpting and eventually devoted as much time to it as he did painting. He soon developed a process – he would start by sketching, then create a print, then a freestanding piece, and then the final sculpture. Some of his sculptures were totems, up to 15 feet tall. Others were large wall reliefs stretching over 14 feet wide.
Kelly’s sculptures were intentionally simple, made so they could be viewed quickly, even with just a glance. Their stark shapes and smooth, flat surfaces could make it hard to distinguish foreground from background. This made the area around the sculpture part of it, a feature he also worked into his paintings.