San Francisco Public Library

Joan Mitchell, edited by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-364) and index

contains biographical information

portraitsillustrationsfacsimiles

index present

non fiction

Joan Mitchell

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1198094217

edited by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel

A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled beauty, strength, and emotional intensity. This gorgeous book unfolds the story of an artistic master of the highest order, revealing the ways she expanded abstract painting and illuminating the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Lavish illustrations cover the full arc of her artistic practice, from her exceptional New York paintings of the early 1950s to the majestic multipanel compositions she made in France later in her career. Signature works are represented here along with rarely seen paintings, works on paper, artist's sketchbooks, and photographs of Mitchell's life, social circle, and surroundings. Featuring scholarly texts, in-depth essays, and artistic and literary responses, this book is organized in ten chronological chapters. Each chapter centers on a closely related suite of paintings, illuminating a shifting inner landscape colored by experience, sensation, memory, and a deep sense of place. Presenting groundbreaking research and a variety of perspectives on her art, life, and connections to poetry and music, this unprecedented volume is an essential reference for Mitchell's admirers and those just discovering her work. -- Publisher description

Foreword -- Painter. Sketchbook drawings, ca. 1948 / Karli Wurzelbacher -- St. Mark's. Untitled, ca. 1950 / Tracey Bashkoff -- Par avion. The bridge, 1956 / Marin Sarvé-Tarr -- A country of her own: Joan Mitchell and France, 1948-1967 / Éric de Chassey -- Frémicourt. Mud time, 1960 / Amy Rahn -- Voyages. Girolata triptych, 1963 / Meredith George Van Dyke -- Vétheuil. Untitled, 1969 / Mara Hoberman -- "Love is the condition of arriving at infinity": Joan Mitchell and poetry / Jenni Quilter -- Territories. Poem pastels / Erin Kimmel -- Green. Weeds, 1976 / Cecilia Wichmann -- Add red, or not / Richard Shiff -- La vie en rose. La Grande Vallée XVI, pour Iva, 1983 / David Max Horowitz -- Painting. Late pastels / Rachel Mochon -- Selected contextual images -- Joan Mitchell's Harbor December / Jennifer Hickey and David Reed -- La ligne de rupture / Paul Auster -- Joan and 'la musique à peindre" / Gisèle Barreau -- To a sunflower / Joyce Pensato -- Eight poems and Joan Mitchell's City landscape / Eileen Myles