Painter Joan Mitchell was never content to compose "easy" abstractions, preferring to challenge both herself and the viewer with works that pushed the limits of her own sense of beauty. As an Abstract Expressionist, she worked in an idiom that was well established when she began, and curator Klaus Kertess has usefully compared her achievement to that of Soutine and late Bonnard, also artists who did not "innovate" formally but built their achievement by exploring an existing painterly language for their own more intimate ...
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Painter Joan Mitchell was never content to compose "easy" abstractions, preferring to challenge both herself and the viewer with works that pushed the limits of her own sense of beauty. As an Abstract Expressionist, she worked in an idiom that was well established when she began, and curator Klaus Kertess has usefully compared her achievement to that of Soutine and late Bonnard, also artists who did not "innovate" formally but built their achievement by exploring an existing painterly language for their own more intimate purposes. As the critic Jed Perl once wrote of her paintings: "The best Mitchells are authentically civilized experiences. Our appetites are focused and clarified." This volume is the first comprehensive presentation of the artist's works on paper--which Mitchell once curtly characterized as "lady paintings." That comment surely had to do with her generation's censure of prettiness--however, contemporary viewers are now free to enjoy the delights of this buoyant and lively body of work.
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Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. The dust jacket has been placed in protective mylar for preservation. The text block includes extensive photographs to supplement the text. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Collectable-Fine Condition in Fine jacket. 9783865214683. Art History: c 1900-Fine/Fine 1st edition 2007 Steidl hardback, unclipped DJ, beautifully produced high quality edition. Fine and bright, unmarked. More Joan Mitchell available. Size: 255\nx 325\nx 25.4mm. 134 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art History: c 1900-; ISBN: 3865214681. ISBN/EAN: 9783865214683. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091090.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. (MITCHELL, JOAN). Yau, John. JOAN MITCHELL: WORKS ON PAPER 1956-1992. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Cheim & Read in Cooperation with the Joan Mitchell Foundation & Steidl, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 88 color illustrations. Designed by John Cheim. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 2007 Cheim & Read gallery retrospective of eighty-three works on paper executed between 1956 and 1992 by the late, revered second-generation New York abstractionist Joan Mitchell. A brand new, most handsome example of this lovely and uncommon item. 3-86521-468-1 Inventory Number: 027377.
