LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

87.24 in. (221.60 cm.) (height) by 84.21 in. (213.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed twice

Exhibited:

Chicago, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Joan Mitchell, April - May 1961; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists, October - December 1961, cat. no. 39, p. 60, illustrated; Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg, Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections, October - November 1979, cat. no. 26, not illustrated; Palo Alto, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Extended Loan, October 2000 - December 2002

Literature:

Sidney Tillim, "Month in Review: Guggenheim Museum's Abstract Expressionists and Imagists," Arts Magazine, vol. 36, December 1961, p. 43, illustrated; Klaus Kertess, Joan Mitchell, New York, 1997, p. 181 (text)

Provenance:

Stable Gallery, New York; B. C. Holland, Inc., Chicago; Peter Bensinger, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1962); Linda W. Olin, Chicago; Christie's, New York, November 13, 2007, Lot 34; Acquired by the present owner from the above