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Object Details
- Artist
- Joan Mitchell, American, b. Chicago, Illinois, 1925–1992
- Provenance
- Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, to 22 February 1962
- Joseph H. Hirshhhorn, New York, 22 February 1962-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, Durham, North Carolina. "Paintings of the 50s: Another Look, a loan of twenty-one paintings from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 October-27 November 1983, ill.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection," 16 October 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
- Published References
- UNSIGNED. “Expositions et informations,” Aujourd’hui 6 (December 1961), p. 100.
- SANDLER, IRVING et al. Abstract Art Since 1945 (London: Thames and Hudson, 1971), p. 62; pl. 43, p. 69 (misidentified as a Robert Motherwell in text; see correction on p. 62).
- MARTIN, MICHEL et al. Mitchell / Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation (Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2018), fig. 55 (color), p. 164.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 143, p. 158.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 66.3577
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63 × 67 in. (160 × 170.2 cm)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Abstract Expressionism (Second Generation)
- On View
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.3577
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a52058f4-4c5f-4040-82c0-dea940bbfa1f
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