Betty Parsons, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Contemporary Art from the Estate of Betty Parsons, Christie's, New York, November 9, 1983, lot 306
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Ellsworth Kelly: Plant Drawings, May 5–June 24, 2017, no. 7, n.p. (illustrated)
American • 1923 - 2015
Acting as a vital contributor to the Abstract movement, Ellsworth Kelly focused on color and composition. Becoming inspired by ornithology and the bold coloring of birds, Kelly used a two or three pigment color palette — painted flatly and geometrically — on his canvases. While living in Paris, the artist used Monet's late works as a base for experimenting with expressionism and serial work
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