Horizontal and Vertical Lines — Fine Art

Horizontal and Vertical Lines by Ellsworth Kelly uses hard-edged colour blocks and flat fields. The picture breaks into separate rectangles and stripes that sit next to each other without blending. You can trace each shape from one side to the other with no soft edges between them.

The fine art print comes ready to hang. A white frame gives the image a clean border on the wall and keeps the colour blocks from bleeding into the room. The dark line between picture and frame draws a hard stop that matches the flat graphic look.

In a narrow reading corner the rectangles hold their shape under a single lamp. You notice the ink lines first, then the flat colour fills, while the white frame keeps the edges tidy against the bookshelf.