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Joan Mitchell

Mooring, 1971

Description

Maker

  • Joan Mitchell, 1926-1992, American

Title

Mooring

Year

1971

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

241.3 x 180.3 cm (95 x 71 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

signed, l.r.

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Bayard and Harriet K. Ewing

Object Number

1992.124

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sign Language

June 23 - October 29, 2000

Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art

July 7 - September 2, 1995

The Moderns

August 6, 1993 - March 13, 1994

Waterman Galleries

This work presents abstract fields of light and dark colors to evoke the atmosphere of the boat-docking site alluded to in the title. (Blue and green areas give a sense of the meeting of water and land, while black masses and lines variously connote shadows or the edges of docks or boats.)

Mitchell painted Mooring soon after she settled in Vétheuil, France, a town on the river Seine where impressionist Claude Monet often worked. Known as one of Mitchell’s “Territory” paintings because of its exploration of a particular place, this work is distinguished by its interplay of textures, ranging from dense impasto to thinly painted areas.

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