Lot 129
  • 129

Joan Mitchell

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Mitchell
  • Untitled
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 15 in. 45.7 by 38.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1967.

Provenance

B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago 
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges of the canvas. Under close inspection, there are some isolated areas of craquelure and minor areas of paint loss in the center of the canvas. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

“Call it layer painting, gestural painting, easel painting or whatever you want. I paint oil on canvas – without an easel. Conventional methods. I do not condense things. I try to eliminate clichés, extraneous material. I try to make it exact. My painting is not an allegory or a story. It is more like a poem.” Joan Mitchell