Joan Mitchell
Ground , 1989 (Executed)
Lot #109 |
2024-05-13 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 12,000,000 - 18,000,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11424
Auction name: Contemporary Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2024-05-13
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century By Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 86 ⅝ by 155 ½ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
220
Width In Centimeters:
395
Height In Inches:
86.625
Width In Inches:
155.5
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Year notes: Executed in 1989.
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York Private Collection, Illinois (by 1992) Edward Tyler Nahem, New York Acquired from the above in August 2007 by the present owner
Exhibited
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, From America's Studio: Twelve Contemporary Maste rs, May - June 1992, p. 39, illustrated in color Palm Springs Art Museum, Seductions: Impressionist and 20th-Century Paintin g, June - August 2008 Palm Springs Art Museum, Impressionist and Modern Masters: Nature and Light , June - August 2009 Palm Springs Art Museum, Modern Masters Celebrate Line and Form , June - October 2010 Palm Springs Art Museum, Simply Masterful: Picasso and Artists of the Modern Era , June - September 2011 Palm Springs Art Museum, Between Abstract and Figurative, June - August 2012 Palm Springs Art Museum, Made in the USA: from Abstract Expressionists to Color Field Painters , June - September 2013
Literature
Exh. Cat., New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Joan Mitchell, October - November 1989, p. 4, illustrated in color Henry Hanson, "Birthday Bash Brings Back Works by Star Alumni," Chicago , May 1992, p. 20, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Lot Details Description Four Decades of Joan Mitchell: Property from an Esteemed Private Collection Joan Mitchell 1925 - 1992 Ground signed (lower right) oil on canvas, in two parts overall: 86 ⅝ by 155 ½ in. overall: 220 by 395 cm. Executed in 1989. Provenance Robert Miller Gallery, New York Private Collection, Illinois (by 1992) Edward Tyler Nahem, New York Acquired from the above in August 2007 by the present owner Exhibited The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, From America's Studio: Twelve Contemporary Maste rs, May - June 1992, p. 39, illustrated in color Palm Springs Art Museum, Seductions: Impressionist and 20th-Century Paintin g, June - August 2008 Palm Springs Art Museum, Impressionist and Modern Masters: Nature and Light , June - August 2009 Palm Springs Art Museum, Modern Masters Celebrate Line and Form , June - October 2010 Palm Springs Art Museum, Simply Masterful: Picasso and Artists of the Modern Era , June - September 2011 Palm Springs Art Museum, Between Abstract and Figurative, June - August 2012 Palm Springs Art Museum, Made in the USA: from Abstract Expressionists to Color Field Painters , June - September 2013 Literature Exh. Cat., New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Joan Mitchell, October - November 1989, p. 4, illustrated in color Henry Hanson, "Birthday Bash Brings Back Works by Star Alumni," Chicago , May 1992, p. 20, illustrated in color