Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992)
Title: "Fields I"
Portfolio: Fields
*Signed and numbered by Mitchell in pencil (on second sheet) lower right
Year: 1992
Medium: Original Etching with Aquatint on two sheets of white TGL handmade paper
Limited edition: AP 3 (of 3), (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition of only 7)
Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY
Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY
Framing: Within its exquisite original frame. The two sheets are floated, framed in a silver colored gold leaf contemporary wood moulding with 8-ply 100% cotton rag matting and plexiglass with custom-built wooden stretcher backing
Framed size: 37.25" x 48.88"
Sheet size (diptych of both prints): 27.25" x 38.25"
Sheet size (each): 27.25" x 19.13"
Reference: "Joan Mitchell - Prints and Illustrated Books: A Retrospective" - Susan Sheehan Gallery No. 47, page 5
Condition: Some light cosmetic wear to frame. The artwork is in mint condition
Extremely rare
A stunning, impressively framed, large, scarce work
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - New York, NY; acquired from Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, NY. Comes from Mitchell's 1992 "Fields" portfolio of 4 etchings with aquatint, (Susan Sheehan Gallery Nos. 47-50, page 5). Printed in one color from two copper plates: black. Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Workshop number inscribed in pencil (on second sheet) lower left on verso.
"Prints of trees and wild grasses which the artist completed at Tyler Graphics, just before her death. In all of the print projects she worked on at Tyler Graphics, the artist found the beautiful mountain setting [Mt. Kisco] and the skilled experience of master printer Ken Tyler instrumental and stimulating." - Joan Mitchell - Prints and Illustrated Books: A Retrospective
Biography:
Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artists in the 1950s. A native of Chicago, she is associated with the American abstract expressionist movement, even though she lived in France for much of her career.Mitchell's emotionally intense style and its gestural brushwork were influenced by nineteenth-century post-impressionist painters, particularly Henri Matisse. Memories of landscapes inspired her compositions; she famously told art critic Irving Sandler, "I carry my landscapes around with me." Her later work was informed and constrained by her declining health.Mitchell was one of her era's few female painters to gain critical and public acclaim. Her paintings, drawings, and editioned prints can be seen in major museums and collections around the world, and have sold for record-breaking prices. In 2021, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Baltimore Museum of Art co-organized a comprehensive retrospective of her work.In her will, Mitchell provided for the creation of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, a non-profit corporation that awards grants and fellowships to working artists and maintains her archives.
