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
Seaweed (Algue), from Suite of Plant Lithographs (A. 53)
1965-66 Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins. S. 35 3/8 x 24 1/2 in. (89.9 x 62.2 cm) Signed and annotated 'H.C.' in pencil (an hors commerce, the edition was 75 and 10 artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, unframed.
