Joan Mitchell

A comprehensive retrospective of Joan Mitchell's artwork, spanning her career from the 1950s to the 1990s, featuring rare paintings, sketches, and photographs. The book explores Mitchell's influence on abstract painting and the transatlantic contexts that shaped her work, with scholarly texts, essays, and artistic responses.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2021
Publisher: Yale University Press

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was a fearless artist who pushed the boundaries of abstract painting and was influenced by the transatlantic contexts of her time. This stunning book explores the full range of her artistic practice, from her early New York paintings to her majestic multipanel compositions in France. Lavish illustrations showcase her exceptional works, including signature pieces and rarely seen paintings, works on paper, artists' sketchbooks, and photographs of her life, social circle, and surroundings.

The book is organized into ten chronological chapters, each focusing on a closely related suite of paintings that reveal a shifting inner landscape shaped by experience, sensation, memory, and a deep sense of place. Scholarly texts, in-depth essays, and artistic and literary responses provide insight into Mitchell's art, life, and connections to poetry and music. This groundbreaking volume is a must-have for admirers of Mitchell's work and those discovering her remarkable talent for the first time.

Published in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition schedule for this extraordinary book includes stops at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (September 4, 2021-January 17, 2022), the Baltimore Museum of Art (March 6-August 14, 2022), and the Fondation Louis Vuitton (October 5, 2022-February 27, 2023).

Weight: 2606g
Dimension: 262 x 299 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300247275