Inv. n°: CL101

When They Were Gone

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 238.8 x w. 180.3 cm

1977

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York
  • Merrill Lynch & Company, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Sotheby's, 'Contemporary Art Day', New York, 11th May 2005, lot 142
  • Private collection, United States
  • Christie's, 'Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale', New York, 8th May 2012, lot 51
  • Private collection, United States
  • Acquired at Sotheby’s Private Sale, New York, 2017

Publications

  • "Artwork", Joan Mitchell Foundation, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/joan-mitchell/artwork/0373-when-they-were-gone
  • J. E. Bernstock (ed.), Joan Mitchell, Hudson Hills Press in association with Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1988, p. 151 and 211
  • Sotheby's (ed.), Contemporary Art Day, Sotheby's, New York, 11th May 2005, lot 142, pp. 141-142
  • Christie’s (ed.), Post-War and Contemporary, New York, 8th May 2012, lot 51, pp. 60-63
  • J. Hooper, "American Women in Florence", The Wall Street Journal, 22nd January 2021
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 39:21
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, May 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art and Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, 5th May 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • S; Moore, "American Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 2021, p. 64
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 131-133 (detail), p. 242

Exhibitions

  • Joan Mitchell: New Paintings, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, USA, 19th February 1983 — 26th March 1983
  • Mitchell/Riopelle, Nothing in Moderation, Le fonds Hélène et Édouard Leclerc Pour La Culture, Landerneau, France, 9th December 2018 — 10th March 2019
  • Forthcoming: The Dawn and Development of Abstraction, Artizon Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 3 3une - 20 August 2023

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