2019 First-Class Forever Stamp,Ellsworth Kelly: "Meschers"
# 5389 - 2019 First-Class Forever Stamp - Ellsworth Kelly: "Meschers"
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US #5389
2019 Meschers – 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 Meschers (1951).
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: Ellsworth Kelly took inspiration from the world around him. Everything he saw was art. His way of viewing the world and creating that art was influenced by a number of sources.
The most formative time in Kelly’s life was his six years in Paris where he met several artists who introduced him to new ways of creating art. Ralph Coburn taught him about automatic drawing (drawing without looking at the paper). He also met Jean Arp, who utilized chance and collage in his art. Kelly was also influenced by Constantin Brancusi’s simplification of natural shapes. And while he never met Picasso, he was deeply inspired by his painting.
Kelly said his visit to Claude Monet’s studio in 1952 changed him. He was drawn to Monet’s water lily murals, which were unlike anything he had ever seen. Kelly saw them as “beautiful, impersonal statements,” and in later years, said that even though his work didn’t look the same, he wanted it to have the same spirit.
Kelly was also influenced by Henri Matisse and said he made him want to draw. Matisse’s influence is evident in Kelly’s drawings – both were able to convey shape and volume with simple lines. He was so affected by Monet and Matisse that in his later years, he organized exhibitions of their work along with his, showing the profound influence they had on his art.
US #5389
2019 Meschers – 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 Meschers (1951).
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: Ellsworth Kelly took inspiration from the world around him. Everything he saw was art. His way of viewing the world and creating that art was influenced by a number of sources.
The most formative time in Kelly’s life was his six years in Paris where he met several artists who introduced him to new ways of creating art. Ralph Coburn taught him about automatic drawing (drawing without looking at the paper). He also met Jean Arp, who utilized chance and collage in his art. Kelly was also influenced by Constantin Brancusi’s simplification of natural shapes. And while he never met Picasso, he was deeply inspired by his painting.
Kelly said his visit to Claude Monet’s studio in 1952 changed him. He was drawn to Monet’s water lily murals, which were unlike anything he had ever seen. Kelly saw them as “beautiful, impersonal statements,” and in later years, said that even though his work didn’t look the same, he wanted it to have the same spirit.
Kelly was also influenced by Henri Matisse and said he made him want to draw. Matisse’s influence is evident in Kelly’s drawings – both were able to convey shape and volume with simple lines. He was so affected by Monet and Matisse that in his later years, he organized exhibitions of their work along with his, showing the profound influence they had on his art.