Awnings, Avenue Matignon — Fine Art

Awnings, Avenue Matignon shows hard rectangular shapes stacked across the sheet. Each block holds a single flat tone set beside the next one. Ellsworth Kelly painted these bands with a steady hand. The edges stay sharp and the colours do not blend into each other.

This fine art piece uses a matte surface so the flat tones stay even under a lamp. A light frame on a dark wall lets each block read on its own. The surface holds the painted look without a shine that would flatten the shapes.

It sits above a low table on a plain wall, seen from across the room. From there the stacked rectangles read as a row of windows. Up close the sharp edges and flat colour stay clear.