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Joan MitchellFlower III1981
1981
$34,000
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Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was a leading abstract artist whose prolific career spanned more than four decades. Working in a variety of mediums, including oil, pastel, and printmaking, she is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential Abstract Expressionists.
Influenced by Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, Mitchell turned to abstraction in the early 1950s. She became one of the few women, alongside Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner, to achieve recognition as Abstract Expressionism became the dominant genre in post-war art.
Of all the young, or second generation, Abstract Expressionist painters, she remained the most faithful to the original ideals of spontaneity, individuality, and gesture.
Her artworks are distinguished by vigorous, varied brushwork and a daring sense of color. There is frequently an unresolved tension between figure and ground. While these qualities aligned her with the New York School, her work’s lingering connection to the external world—its evocation of natural sensations like light and movement—set it apart. Mitchell moved permanently to France in 1959, and European values or approaches to art-making certainly influenced her output.
Mitchell's lithographs extend her painting practice, the works highlighting the medium itself: the greasiness, grittiness, and oiliness of lithographic crayon and the fluidity of tusche are as much a “subject” as the loaded brushstroke is in her paintings.
Flower III is widely regarded as one of the prime works from the Bedford Series. Inspired by landscapes and flowers, this lithograph captures the same explosive energy found in Mitchell’s finest paintings, using large, aggressive brushstrokes and a vivid palette.
Joan Mitchell is one of the most valuable artists from the 20th century. Her auction record stands at $29.2 million USD. Paintings regularly achieve upwards of $15 million. Today, Mitchell’s work is held in leading museums worldwide. A major retrospective of her work was co-organized by SFMOMA and the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2021, followed by a joint exhibition with Claude Monet at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in 2022–23. We were particularly moved by the 2018 exhibition and catalog: Mitchell/Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Impressions of this lithograph are held in the permanent collections of the Tate, London; the National Gallery, Washington, DC; and the Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis.
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“Flower III" (from the Bedford Series)
USA, 1981
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper, the full sheet
Signed and numbered by the artist
From an edition of 70
Published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York, with their blindstamp
42.5"H 32.5"W (sheet)
50"H 39.5"W (framed)
Very good condition
Catalogue Raisonné: Tyler Graphic: no. 371:JM9, p. 226
- Creator:Joan Mitchell (1925-1992, American)
- Creation Year:1981
- Dimensions:Height: 42.5 in (107.95 cm)Width: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 10-251stDibs: LU215217144822
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell was born in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, and died in 1992 in Paris, France. She received her BFA and MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois.
Mitchell's paintings and prints have been the subject of solo exhibitions at galleries and museums worldwide including the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Mitchell's numerous awards include the Award for Painting from the French Ministry of Culture. Her work can be found in numerous public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.; the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, California; the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France; and the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, among others.
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