Untitled (1) | Harvard Art Museums

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
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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