LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

49.49 in. (125.70 cm.) (height) by 110.51 in. (280.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

titled 'The 14th of July' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Stable Gallery, New York, March 1957, no. 9. Pasadena Art Museum, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips, September-October 1971.

Literature:

I. Sandler, "Young Moderns and Modern Masters: Joan Mitchell," ARTnews, March 1957, p. 64. "Women Artists in Ascendance," Life Magazine, 13 May 1957, p. 76 (illustrated in color). I. Sandler, The New York School: The Painters and Sculptors of the Fifties, 1978, p. 68, no. 30 (illustrated). Joan Mitchell, exh. cat., Institut Valencia d'Art Modern Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1997 (illustrated in color on the cover). N. Ohlsen and L. Nievers, eds., Joan Mitchell--The Discovery of the New York School, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Emden, 2008, n.p. (illustrated in color). P. Albers, Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, New York, 2011, pp. 244 and 247 (illustrated). Joan Mitchell: Paintings from the Fifties, exh. cat., New York, Lennon Weinberg Inc., 2011, n.p. (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Stable Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips, New York. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1983, lot 40. Private collection, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the present owner.