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Manner of JOAN MITCHELL American 1925-1992 OOC

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Manner of JOAN MITCHELL American 1925-1992 OOC
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Oil on canvas, framed. Featuring an abstract composition. Signed and manner of Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) on the lower left corner. 44 x 40.5 cm (17.3 x 16.0 inches). Frame size: 51.5 x 48 cm (20.3 x 18.9 inches). In 1950s New York, Joan Mitchell was a lively, argumentative member of the famed Cedar Bar crowd, alongside Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, and other notable first- and second-generation Abstract Expressionist painters. Based on landscape imagery and flowers, her large-scale paintings investigate the potential of big, aggressive brushstrokes and vivid color to convey emotion. "I try to eliminate cliches, extraneous material," she once said. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate.