Painter, sculptor and printmaker, Ellsworth Kelly, is best known for his abstract paintings. Next week, an exhibition of his work will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This exhibition will bring special attention to Kelly’s plant drawings. This will be the first major museum exhibition dedicated exclusively to Kelly’s drawings of plants, flowers, and leaves.
Approximately 75 drawings will be on view. They date back to 1948 and include his most recent work made in upstate New York.
Ellsworth Kelly has been featured in major solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art (1973), The Whitney Museum of American Art (1982), and the Solomon R. Gugenheim Museum, New York (1996), and his work is included in many prestigious American and international public collections.
Gallery talks, studio workshops for adults, and an evening lecture will be offered in conjunction with the exhibition. Visit the exhibition website for details.
The book Plant Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly is available at ArtPlantae Books.
Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
June 5 – Sept. 3, 2012
ArtPlantae Today 
I would like to see that. I love plant drawings, I have quite a few books with illustrated plants. Sometimes the drawings make it easier to spot the plant in nature than the actual photos.