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Artists›Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell

1925–1992

WA-00008969

Chicago, IL, USA

Abstract ExpressionismExpressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

138

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ469934

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

5 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/joan-mitchell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joan-mitchell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joan-mitchell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joan-mitchell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4026
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Joan Mitchell yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (60)

Trees III

1992 · Lithograph on paper

image: 1365 x 2004 mm

Tate

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Untitled

1992 · Pastel on paper

29 1/2 x 21 3/4" (75 x 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 3) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 17 × 13 15/16" (43.2 × 35.4 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 11) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 13" (42.2 × 33 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page in-text plate (folios 7 verso and 8) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 26 1/8" (42.3 × 66.3 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 28 1/4" (48 × 71.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 4) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 × 12 3/16" (40.6 × 31 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 10) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 1/4 × 13 3/16" (41.3 × 33.5 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page in-text plate (folios 5 verso and 6) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 17 1/8 × 24 3/16" (43.5 × 61.5 cm); page: 17 1/8 × 28 1/4" (43.5 × 71.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 2) from Poems

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 15 11/16 × 11 1/8" (39.8 × 28.2 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poems

1992 · Illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 9) from Bridge

1992 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 15 9/16 × 12" (39.5 × 30.5 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Taillade

1990 · Oil on canvas, two panels

8' 6 1/4" x 13' 1 1/2" (259.8 x 400 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Smoke

1988 · Illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 25 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 33 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 19 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 5 15/16 × 7 3/4" (15.1 × 19.7 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 27 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 23 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 15/16" (18.3 × 20.1 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page in-text plate (folios 21 verso and 22) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 14 7/8" (15 × 37.8 cm); page (each): 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 5 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 6 × 7 13/16" (15.2 × 19.8 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 9 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 29 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 11 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 5 7/8 × 7 15/16" (15 × 20.1 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 15 verso) from Smoke

1988 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)

plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

60 published of 108 catalogued · 64 with image

MoMA
47 publishedof 95 catalogued59 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
The Met
4 published
Tate
4 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Bedford II
1981 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Chord II
1986 · Tate · 1 prov
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Sides of a River I
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sides of a River II
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
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Trees III
1992 · Tate · 1 prov
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Gouise
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Metro
1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Some More
1980 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Wikipedia

Marie Stadler Artichaud by Joan Mitchell, Paintings in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA 08

Wikimedia Commons

Joan mitchell 2021 sfmoma photo by Steven Saylor

Wikimedia Commons

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Peers & Context18

Elizabeth Peytonco-exhibited Neo Rauchco-exhibitedFranz Westco-exhibitedKatherine Bernhardtco-exhibitedNate Lowmanco-exhibitedAndy Warholco-exhibited

Movements2

Abstract Expressionism Expressionism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Christie's David Zwirner

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

undergraduate degree, fine art

Francis W. Parker School

Visual Arts

Smith College

English

Columbia University

art history

New York University

French

Hans Hoffman School of Fine Art

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Art Basel Miami Plus: Additional Works From This Year's Featured Artists

2025

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years

2024