Dartmouth Now has an article on the installation of Ellsworth Kelly’s sculpture on the east exterior wall of Spaulding Auditorium (thanks Matt).

The Dartmouth work is composed of five monochromatic aluminum panels, each painted a single block of color — yellow, green, blue, red, and orange. The hard-edged shapes of Dartmouth Panels play off the rounded roofline of the Hopkins Center’s Spaulding Auditorium and echo the color spectrum and basic building blocks of visual experience.

The installation of Dartmouth Panels begins today.

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[Update 07.14.2012: Artdaily.org has an in-progress photo with the complete set of five panels. They do indeed match the pattern of the 2011 lithograph. The Hood has the press release (pdf). Dartmouth’s Flickr photostream has some excellent photos of the unloading and installation.]

[Update 07.13.2012: The Dartmouth Now photo shows the work with three of the five panels up.]

[Update 07.11.2012: The Valley News has a small photo of the installation. Interesting that this 14 x 28.5 inch lithograph by Kelly titled Dartmouth (2011) features five tall rectangles.]