Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell was an American abstract expressionist painter born on February 12, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois.
Born: 1925, Chicago, Illinois
Died: 1992, Paris, France
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Recognition
A star of Abstract Expressionism at a time when female artists rarely achieved fame. Mitchell was a peer of Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, and has been exhibited in the Tate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum.
Intent
In this folio of poems, Smoke, Mitchell gives life to "air" and "tobacco"
Composition
A solution of sugar and ink painted onto copper is Mitchell's direct path from painting to etching. These diptych paintings are printed on Swiss linen paper in a portfolio of beautiful poems.
Ceres Take
The MOMA owns an edition of this Mitchell, and her works continue to hit auction records of $29M.
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Etching
Etching is a form of printmaking that involves creating designs on a copper plate, using an acid-resistant material like wax or resin. The artist scratches through this material to expose the metal underneath. The plate is then submerged in an acid bath, which bites into the exposed areas, creating grooves....
