Object Details
Artist
Joan Mitchell, born Chicago, IL 1925-died Paris, France 1992
Exhibition Label
My Landscape II conveys the sense of a tall window flung open to the world outside, but the vantage point is an interior one—literally, as though through a window, and metaphorically, as if envisioned in memory. In 1967, Mitchell bought a two-acre estate on a hillside overlooking the Seine in Vétheuil, about forty miles north of Paris. The view from the house was magnificent—from the narrow terrace, Mitchell could see the river—and the effect on her work was immediate and powerful. She said of Vétheuil, “It’s a secure landscape, not desperate. I’ve chosen one you can live in.”
Modern Masters: Midcentury Abstraction from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2008
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection
Date
1967
Object number
1980.137.82
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
103 x 71 1/2 in. (261.6 x 181.6 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Abstract
Landscape
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1980.137.82