Munich, Germany  – The Haus der Kunst is proud to present “Ellsworth Kelly: Black and White”, on view at the museum from October 7th through January 22nd 2012. This exhibition is devoted solely to works in black and white. Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1931 in Newburgh, New York) regularly verified a newfound formal solution through an execution in black and white. Mostly these versions were created in parallel to the coloured versions; sometimes they preceded them. According to Ellsworth Kelly, his paintings in black and white comprise approximately 20 percent of his total œuvre; they account for a higher proportion of his complete work is higher than that of any other two-colour combination. So far these works have never been brought together in an exhibition, although the artist has encouraged this kind of retrospective since the 1990s.