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Inv. n°: CL164

The View From Window

Signed "J. Mitchell" (lower left). 'Richard Gray Gallery' label on the top wooden cross section of the stretchor. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 72.7 x w. 91.4 cm
c. 1949
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Janet Lawrence Adams acquired directly from the artist, Chicago, Acquired directly from the artist who was a close family friend since chilhood
  • The estate of Robert McCormick Adams, JR, California
  • Thence by descent to the previous owner
  • Acquired at Phillips Auction House, New York, 2018

Publications

  • Phillips, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, 2018, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.phillips.com/detail/joan-mitchell/NY010818/206
  • Phillips, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York, November 14, 2018, lot 206
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 17:54
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 1, 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art and Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, May 5, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • S. Moore, "American Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 1, 2021, pp. 62 & 64
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Joan Mitchell, San Francisco, 2021, p. 25 (exh. cat.)
  • R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 10 (fig. 1), p. 242
  • Financial Times: Jackie Wullschläger, When abstraction was an act of liberation, London, February 1, 2023, p. 20
  • E.G. Landau, "The Strongest Gesture of All: Women Painters at FAMM, 1940-1970s", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p. 107
  • B. Robaglia, "Christian Levett - The Collector and Philanthropist who gave Women Artists a Museum", Monaco Woman, Autumn-Winter 2025, p. 56
  • TL mag, "When the Best Work Was Still Available : Why I Turned to Women Artists", The Art of Collecting - Guest Editor : Simon de Pury, n°41, February 6, 2026, p. 71
  • V. Garcia - Osuna, "Colecctionistas", Tendencias del mercado del arte, December 1, 2023, p. 21
  • "The Final View", Crack a Jack, The Art Magazine issue 02, Druckweg, 2026, p. 146

Exhibitions

  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, August 24, 2025 — November 16, 2025
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, January 30, 2026 — April 26, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, May 23, 2026 — August 30, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, September 19, 2026 — January 3, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA, January 30, 2027 — April 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens, Pittsburgh, USA, June 12, 2027 — September 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA, October 14, 2027 — March 5, 2028

© Estate of Joan Mitchell

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