Artist Monograph

Joan Mitchell, American

American, 1925–1992

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	18	37.5%
Lithography	12	25%
Oil Painting	7	14.6%
Screenprint	6	12.5%
Other Media	5	10.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	42	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	6	12.5%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 35
Painting — 6
Drawing — 6
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	16	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	26	54.2%
Large (1–3 m)	3	6.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	3	6.3%

Range: 19.7 cm → 400.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	1
1964	8
1967	3
1968	1
1977	1
1989	17
1990	1
1993	9
1994	4
1996	1
2012	2

Currently On View

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American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 48 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ladybug Painting Acc. 385.1961	1957	Oil on canvas	6' 5 7/8" x 9' (197.9 x 274 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 499.2012	1957	Oil on paper	19 1/2 x 17 1/2" (49.5 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings Funds
Cover from The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.1	1960	One from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 x 13 3/4" (24.5 x 35 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 11) from The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.4	1960	One from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 × 13 13/16" (44.1 × 35.1 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 16) from The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.5	1960	One from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 17 1/4 × 13 15/16" (43.8 × 35.4 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 7) from The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.3	1960	One from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 17 1/4 × 13 3/4" (43.8 × 35 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.1-5	1960	Illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Title page from The Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 140.1964.2	1960	One from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 9 1/4 × 13 11/16" (23.5 × 34.8 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 14 1/8" (44 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Grandes Carrières Painting Acc. 443.1994	1961-62	Oil on canvas	6' 6 3/4" x 9' 10 1/4" (200 x 300.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell
1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.1-62	1963–64, published 1964	Illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each irreg.): 16 1/8 x 11 7/16" (41 x 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Untitled Painting Acc. 445.1994.a-c	1963	Oil on canvas, three panels	63 7/8" x 10' 7 7/8" (162.4 x 324.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell
Double page plate (pages 92 and 93) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.34	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 15 3/4 × 22 1/4" (40 × 56.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Plate (folio 34 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings Illustrated Book Acc. 92.1968.13	1967	One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 8 13/16" (29 x 22.4cm); page: 11 15/16 x 9" (30.4 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.77.a-b	1967	Crayon on acetate	sheet (each): 14 x 10 7/8" (35.5 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Unused preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.78.a-b	1967	Crayon on acetate	sheet (.a): 14 x 11" (35.5 x 27.9 cm); sheet (.b): 14 x 10 7/8" (35.5 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Unused preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.79.a-b	1967	Crayon on acetate	sheet (.a): 13 15/16 x 10 7/8" (35.4 x 27.7 cm); sheet (.b): 14 x 11" (35.5 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Sunflower IV Print Acc. 44.1977	1972	Etching and aquatint	composition (4 plates): 28 5/16 × 17 5/8" (71.9 × 44.8 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 × 35 3/4" (63 × 90.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Janet K. Ruttenberg Fund
Untitled (Blue) Drawing Acc. 500.2012	1975	Pastel and typewriting on paper	14 1/4 x 9" (36.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky in honor of Maja Oeri
No Rain Painting Acc. 444.1994.a-b	1976	Oil on canvas, two panels	9' 2" x 13' 1 /58" (279.5 x 400.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell
Wood, Wind, No Tuba Painting Acc. 446.1994.a-b	1979	Oil on canvas, two panels	9' 2 1/4" x 13 1 1/8" (280 x 399.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell
Double page in-text plate (folios 17 verso and 18) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.8	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 12 5/16" (15 × 31.3 cm); page (each): 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Double page in-text plate (folios 21 verso and 22) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.10	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 14 7/8" (15 × 37.8 cm); page (each): 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 11 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.5	1988, published 1989	Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 5 7/8 × 7 15/16" (15 × 20.1 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 13 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.6	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 15 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.7	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 19 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.9	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 5 15/16 × 7 3/4" (15.1 × 19.7 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 23 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.11	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 15/16" (18.3 × 20.1 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 25 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.12	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 27 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.13	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 29 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.14	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 3 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.1	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 6 × 7 13/16" (15.2 × 19.8 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 31 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.15	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 6 × 7 7/8" (15.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 33 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.16	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.3 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 5 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.2	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 6 × 7 13/16" (15.2 × 19.8 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 7 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.3	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 15/16" (18.3 × 20.2 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Plate (folio 9 verso) from Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.4	1988, published 1989	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	plate: 7 3/16 × 7 7/8" (18.2 × 20 cm); page: 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Smoke Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1989.1-16	1988, published 1989	Illustrated book with 16 aquatints (one with etching)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 14 × 9 1/16" (35.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Taillade Painting Acc. 365.1990.a-b	1990	Oil on canvas, two panels	8' 6 1/4" x 13' 1 1/2" (259.8 x 400 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Galerie Jean Fournier, Enid A. Haupt Fund, and Helen Acheson Bequest (by exchange)
Double page in-text plate (folios 5 verso and 6) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.4	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 17 1/8 × 24 3/16" (43.5 × 61.5 cm); page: 17 1/8 × 28 1/4" (43.5 × 71.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
Double page in-text plate (folios 7 verso and 8) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.5	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 26 1/8" (42.3 × 66.3 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 28 1/4" (48 × 71.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 10) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.7	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 1/4 × 13 3/16" (41.3 × 33.5 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 11) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.8	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 13" (42.2 × 33 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 2) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.1	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 15 11/16 × 11 1/8" (39.8 × 28.2 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 3) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.2	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 17 × 13 15/16" (43.2 × 35.4 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 4) from Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.3	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 × 12 3/16" (40.6 × 31 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
In-text plate (folio 9) from Bridge Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.6	1992	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (irreg.): 15 9/16 × 12" (39.5 × 30.5 cm); page: 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 37.1993.1-8	1992	Illustrated book with eight lithographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 18 7/8 × 14 1/8" (48 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell
Untitled Drawing Acc. 85.1996	1992	Pastel on paper	29 1/2 x 21 3/4" (75 x 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis