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The Arc of Abstraction: Masterpieces from a Private European Collection
JOAN MITCHELL (1925-1992)
Cherchez l’aiguille
Details
JOAN MITCHELL (1925-1992)
Cherchez l’aiguille
signed ‘J. Mitchell’ (lower center)
oil on canvas
76 ½ x 69 in. (194.3 x 175.3 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Cherchez l’aiguille
signed ‘J. Mitchell’ (lower center)
oil on canvas
76 ½ x 69 in. (194.3 x 175.3 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
Paolo Marinotti, Milan, by 1959
Private collection, by descent from the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Private collection, by descent from the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Literature
"Les expositions à Paris," Connaissance des Arts, no. 98, April 1960, p. 41 (illustrated).
Joan Mitchell Retrospective: Her Life and Paintings, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2015, pp. 66-67, no. 36 (installation view illustrated).
Joan Mitchell, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2020, p. 98.
Joan Mitchell, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2022, p. 106.
Monet - Mitchell, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2022, p. 147, fig. 10 (installation view illustrated; titled Cercando un ago).
Joan Mitchell Retrospective: Her Life and Paintings, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2015, pp. 66-67, no. 36 (installation view illustrated).
Joan Mitchell, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2020, p. 98.
Joan Mitchell, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2022, p. 106.
Monet - Mitchell, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2022, p. 147, fig. 10 (installation view illustrated; titled Cercando un ago).
Exhibited
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro internazionale delle arti e del costume; Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vitalità nell’arte, August 1959-January 1960, n.p. (illustrated; titled Zoek de naald).
Paris, Galerie Neufville, Joan Mitchell, April-May 1960.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Polariteit: Het appolinische [sic] en het dionysische in de kunst, July-September 1961, n.p., no. 88 (illustrated; titled Zoek de naald).
Paris, Galerie Neufville, Joan Mitchell, April-May 1960.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Polariteit: Het appolinische [sic] en het dionysische in de kunst, July-September 1961, n.p., no. 88 (illustrated; titled Zoek de naald).
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