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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.2
People
Joan Mitchell, American (Chicago IL 1926 - 1992 Paris, France)
Title
Untitled (1)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1959
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310370

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on off-white wove paper (pastel worked with solvent or water)
Dimensions
sight: 41.5 x 34.9 cm (16 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: J. Mitchell

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joan Mitchell, gift; to Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Plansky, Paris and Montreal, sold; to [Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, New York], sold; to G. W. Einstein, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

NOTE: Provenance information provided by dealer. A label from the Barbara Mathes Gallery is on the backing for the drawing but it is unclear where that gallery fits in the chain of ownership.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Joan Mitchell
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1940 to 2000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/2000 - 08/27/2000

Verification Level

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