Joan Mitchell
Sunflowers , 1990
Lot #29 |
2012-05-10 |
Phillips, New York
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Category:
paintings
Estimate:
USD 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Phillips
Auction number: NY010212
Auction name: Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2012-05-10
Currency: USD
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Medium: Login to view
Dimensions: each: 51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.5 x 97.2 cm)<br><br>overall: 51 x 79 1/8 in. (129.5 x 201 cm)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
51
Width In Centimeters:
3825
Height In Inches:
20.079
Width In Inches:
1505.906
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Edition: Signed “Joan Mitchell” lower right of right panel.
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York<br />Collection of Preston H. Haskell<br />Sale: Christie’s, New York, <em>Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale</em>, May 14, 2002, lot 51<br />Acquired at the above sale by present owner
Condition
It is our opinion that this work is in excellent condition.<br><br>The work is comprised of oil on two canvases, each supported by a six member keyable stretcher, in a painted wood frame. There is very faint craquelure evident along the extreme turnover edges, as well as in the areas of deep blue impasto.
Exhibited
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, <em>Sign and Gesture: Contemporary Abstract Art from The Haskell Collection</em>, March 21 - June 13, 1999; The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, June 23 - October 3, 1999; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, October 22, 1999 - February 13, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, March 5 - May 21, 2000
Literature
<em>The Haskell Collection,</em> Jacksonville, 1997, no. 55. p. 31 (illustrated)<br />J. W. Coffey, <em>Sign and Gesture: Contemporary Abstract Art from The Haskell Collection,</em> Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1999, p. 30, no. 13 (illustrated)
Catalog summary
<strong><br>Description:</strong><br>Joan Mitchell null oil on canvas, diptych each: 51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.5 x 97.2 cm)<br><br>overall: 51 x 79 1/8 in. (129.5 x 201 cm) Signed “Joan Mitchell” lower right of right panel. <strong>Provenance: </strong>Robert Miller Gallery, New York<br />Collection of Preston H. Haskell<br />Sale: Christie’s, New York, <em>Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale</em>, May 14, 2002, lot 51<br />Acquired at the above sale by present owner <strong>Literature: </strong><em>The Haskell Collection,</em> Jacksonville, 1997, no. 55. p. 31 (illustrated)<br />J. W. Coffey, <em>Sign and Gesture: Contemporary Abstract Art from The Haskell Collection,</em> Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1999, p. 30, no. 13 (illustrated) <strong>Exhibited: </strong>Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, <em>Sign and Gesture: Contemporary Abstract Art from The Haskell Collection</em>, March 21 - June 13, 1999; The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, June 23 - October 3, 1999; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, October 22, 1999 - February 13, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, March 5 - May 21, 2000 <strong>Condition Report: </strong>It is our opinion that this work is in excellent condition.<br><br>The work is comprised of oil on two canvases, each supported by a six member keyable stretcher, in a painted wood frame. There is very faint craquelure evident along the extreme turnover edges, as well as in the areas of deep blue impasto.