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Joan Mitchell
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
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Description
- Joan Mitchell
- Untitled
- oil on canvas, in 4 parts
- Each: 30 by 30 in. 76.2 by 76.2 cm.
- Overall: 30 by 120 in. 76.2 by 304.8 cm.
- Executed in 1970-1973.
Provenance
Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of slight buckling to the canvas at the lower left corner. All four canvases show faint evidence of wear and soiling to the extreme lateral edges. There is evidence of several fine hairline cracks throughout – all which appear stable and relate directly to the heavier areas of impasto. There is an uneven varnish on the surface – otherwise there are no apparent condition problems with this work. Under ultra-violet inspection, there is no evidence of inpainting. Kindly note that the Galerie Lallouz label is upside down on the stretcher on the reverse, and the orientation of the painting as it appears in the catalogue and the exhibition are correct. Framed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The constant in Mitchell's working was her open commitment to beauty and deep love of the physical acts of painting. Whether materializing joyous memories or painful ones, or the ambiguous shades in between, the love of beauty and of painting remained constant. So, too, did the visceral physicality and the visible openness of structure that so directly, and vulnerably, sought to ravish the viewer's eye, drawing it into complicity with the profundities that exacerbated the painting's surface - Klaus Kertess (Klaus Kertess, Joan Mitchell, New York, 1997, p. 41)