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Lot Essay
Widely regarded as one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism, Joan Mitchell’s canvases exude the lyrical energy so coveted by the artists and critics at the forefront of this movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The rich blues and teals and deep rusts of the present work that gesturally strike the canvas imbue the work with vitality and strength. Mitchell sourced great inspiration from her natural surroundings and was dedicated to the practice of abstraction as means to express the experience of nature.
Originally coming from the collection of Elaine de Kooning, the present work, Untitled, 1956, is a critical example of the abstraction of Joan Mitchell that helped drive her to prominence as one of the most renowned female artists of our time. Fighting against a current of exclusion from the male-dominated art world, generations of female artists have long sought the recognition rightly due to them and have poured this energy directly into their art. Elaine de Kooning, for instance, sidelined much of her early career out of support for the career of her husband, but her talent and influence as an artist in her own right is undeniable, and was even at the time of her creations.
Originally coming from the collection of Elaine de Kooning, the present work, Untitled, 1956, is a critical example of the abstraction of Joan Mitchell that helped drive her to prominence as one of the most renowned female artists of our time. Fighting against a current of exclusion from the male-dominated art world, generations of female artists have long sought the recognition rightly due to them and have poured this energy directly into their art. Elaine de Kooning, for instance, sidelined much of her early career out of support for the career of her husband, but her talent and influence as an artist in her own right is undeniable, and was even at the time of her creations.