Joan Mitchell
La Plage , 1973 (Executed)
Lot #232 |
2024-05-14 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11425
Auction name: Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2024-05-14
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 29 Ā½ by 59 Ā¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
74.9
Width In Centimeters:
150.5
Height In Inches:
29.5
Width In Inches:
59.25
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Year notes: Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist circa 1975 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Joan Mitchell , March - May 1974, p. 15 The Arts Club of Chicago, Joan Mitchell: Recent Paintings, September - November 1974
Literature
Rosalind Krauss, "Painting Becomes Cyclorama," Artforum, vol. 12, issue 10, June 1974, pp. 50 - 52, illustrated Judith E. Bernstock, Joan Mitchell, New York, 1988, pp. 105-106, illustrated in color, no. 4 Marcia Tucker, Out of Bounds: The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker, New York, 2019, p. 35
Catalog summary
Lot Details Description Property from a Private Collection Joan Mitchell 1925 - 1992 La Plage oil on canvas, in 2 parts overall: 29 Ā½ by 59 Ā¼ in. 74.9 by 150.5 cm. Executed in 1973. Provenance Acquired directly from the artist circa 1975 by the present owner Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Joan Mitchell , March - May 1974, p. 15 The Arts Club of Chicago, Joan Mitchell: Recent Paintings, September - November 1974 Literature Rosalind Krauss, "Painting Becomes Cyclorama," Artforum, vol. 12, issue 10, June 1974, pp. 50 - 52, illustrated Judith E. Bernstock, Joan Mitchell, New York, 1988, pp. 105-106, illustrated in color, no. 4 Marcia Tucker, Out of Bounds: The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker, New York, 2019, p. 35