LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

110.24 in. (280.00 cm.) (height) by 78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed; titled on the reverse

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, . Joan Mitchell , June - July 1992 . New York, Robert Miller Gallery,. Joan Mitchell 1992 , March - May 1993 (as . Phyllis) . New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art; and Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,. The Paintings of Joan Mitchell , June 2002 - February 2004, pp. 194-195, no. 58, illustrated in color, and p. 44 (text

Literature:

Michel Waldberg,. Joan Mitchell , Paris, 1992, p. 284, illustrated in color (as . Phyllis ). Michael Gibson, "Joan Mitchell: Au-delà des mots (Beyond Words)," . Cimaise 221, November - December 1992, p. 23, illustrated in color. Michael Kimmelman, "Art in Review: Tribute to a Second-Generation Abstract Expressionist," . The . New York Times , April 9, 1993, p. C26 (text) (as . Phyllis ). Exh. Cat., Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts (and travelling), . Joan Mitchell , 1994, p. 128 (installed at Galerie Jean Fournier, 1992). Klaus Kertess, . Joan Mitchell , New York, 1997, p. 144, no. 114, illustrated in color. Patricia Albers, . Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, A Life , New York, 2011, p. 102 (text), and pp. 419-420 (text). Exh. Cat., New York, Cheim & Read, . Joan Mitchell: Trees , 2014, n.p., illustrated in color

Provenance:

Estate of the artist. Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1993