Joan Mitchell

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Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel; With contributions by Paul Auster, Gisele Barreau, Eric de Chassey, Jennifer Hickey and David Reed, Eileen Myles, Richard Shiff, Joyce Pensato, Jenni Quilter, et al.

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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.

Published in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition Schedule:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(September 4, 2021–January 17, 2022)

Baltimore Museum of Art
(March 6–August 14, 2022)

Fondation Louis Vuitton
(October 5, 2022–February 27, 2023)

Sarah Roberts is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Katy Siegel is Senior Programming and Research Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art and Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Endowed Chair in Modern American Art at Stony Brook University, New York.

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"Joan Mitchell... does justice to an artist... with grand ambitions and a formidable control of paint."—Matthew Holman, The Art Newspaper

“[A] career-spanning, multifaceted catalogue”—Tim Keane, Hyperallergic

“One of the most stupendous art books in my collection”—Anna Murphy, The Times

“The catalog for the show, Joan Mitchell, sumptuously celebrates the work and life of this icon of 20th-century painting.”—Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award Finalist, sponsored by the College Art Association

ISBN: 9780300247275
Publication Date: January 5, 2021
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

384 pages, 10 x 11 1/2
350 color + b/w illus., with 4 gatefolds

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