JOAN MITCHELL | Untitled

Estate of the artist
The Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled and there are artist’s pinholes in each corner. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, most notably along the edges, inherent to the artist’s working method. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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.
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"Like most of Mitchell's art since the early 1960s, these pastels are informed, but not representationally formed, by nature. They give body to memories of deep visual and emotional sensations cued by her responses to nature. More often than not, her variegated strokes of unbroken color and energy reflect, in some way, the light and vegetation of her garden in Vétheuil, with its view of the Seine and the surrounding fields. But they might occasionally call to the more sizzling clarities of Cézanne's Provence or to the landscape of Mitchell's childhood."
Klaus Kertess in Exh. Cat., New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Joan Mitchell: Pastel, 1992, n.p.