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personAmerican, 1925–1992languagejoanmitchellfoundation.org/work
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Selected Works480

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 256

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1965
$5,382,000
May 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1977
$520,700
May 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$400,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
Tilleul
Tilleul, 1978
Unknown
May 2026
Sotheby's
Loom II
Loom II, 1976
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
Cherchez l’aiguille
Cherchez l’aiguille, 1958
$12,135,000
Apr 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1986
$153,600
Feb 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1978
$2,759,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1983
$698,500
Nov 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1991
$508,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Sunflower V
Sunflower V, 1969
$16,735,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1975
Unknown
Oct 2025
Christie's
Sans titre
Sans titre, 1956
€1,206,500 ($1.3M USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Peinture II
Peinture II, 1964
$2,759,000
Sep 2025
Christie's
Pastel
Pastel, 1991
$228,600
Sep 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$1,636,000
Sep 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1965
$558,800
Sep 2025
Sotheby's
Pastel
Pastel, 1991
$698,500
May 2025
Christie's
Petit Matin
Petit Matin, 1982
$3,075,000
May 2025
Christie's
Series July 25 (V)
Series July 25 (V), 1966
$1,320,500
May 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1992
$327,600
May 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
$151,200
May 2025
Sotheby's
Pastel
Pastel, 1991
$571,500
Feb 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1985
$228,600
Feb 2025
Christie's
Champs
Champs, 1990
€2,097,000 ($2.3M USD)
Dec 2024

For Sale 1

Upsilon Gallery · Artsy
Trees I
Trees I, 1992
For sale
Lithograph printed on two sheets of Rives BFK paper
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Market1,019 auction results

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$1.5K – $29M
244 of 256 paintings lots with prices
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$3.7M
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$2.8M
244 priced paintings lots
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May 2026 · $5.4M
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $2.8M medianWorks on paper: $195K medianEditioned prints: $18.9K medianUnclassified lots: $1.8M medianBooks/portfolios: $1.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $688K median
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Education3

Columbia University School of the Arts
New York, NY, USA
Goldsmiths, University of London
London, UK
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
MFA · Chicago, IL, USA
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Publications6

Exhibition Catalog 3

Eyes of the City Author
Hatje Cantz · 2021
Joan Mitchell Author
Steidl · 2020
Action Painting
Hatje Cantz · 2008

Survey 3

Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History
Phaidon Press · 2024
The Art Book (Mini Format)
Phaidon Press · 2024
Great Women Painters
Phaidon Press · 2022
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions10

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#2 David Zwirner

To define a feeling Joan Mitchell, 1960–1965

Joan Mitchell

606 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004, United States

Nov 6, 2025 — Dec 13, 2025

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AD&A Museum

Joan Mitchell 100

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552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

Sep 13, 2025 — Dec 8, 2025

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Baltimore Museum of Art

Conservation in the Galleries: Joan Mitchell’s “Close”

Joan Mitchell

10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Mar 6, 2022 — Jun 4, 2022

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell

151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Sep 4, 2021 — Jan 17, 2022

Floor 5 Joan Mitchell Sept 04, 2021–Jan 17, 2022

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#501 Cheim & Read

Joan Mitchell Paintings from the Middle of the Last Century, 1953–1962

Joan Mitchell

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

Sep 6, 2018 — Nov 3, 2018

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#501 Cheim & Read

Joan Mitchell Drawing into Painting

Joan Mitchell

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

Oct 27, 2016 — Dec 23, 2016

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#815 Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art

Joan Mitchell: At the Harbor and in the Grande Vallée

Joan Mitchell

980 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 29, 2015 — Dec 18, 2015

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Huntington Museum of Art

Macy’s Presents: WWW.PAPER (Women Working with Paper)

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marcia Marx, Lee Bontecou, Yvonne Jacquette, Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Miriam Schapiro, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lesley Dill, Maggie Taylor, Janet Fish, Lynda Benglis, Alison Saar, Joan Mitchell, Carrie Mae Weems, Sandy Skoglund, Sook Jin Jo

2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, USA

Feb 28, 2015 — Jun 14, 2015

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbi...

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#501 Cheim & Read

Joan Mitchell: Trees

Joan Mitchell

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 15, 2014 — Aug 13, 2014

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#815 Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art

Joan Mitchell Memory Abstracted

Joan Mitchell

980 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jun 20, 2002 — Aug 9, 2002

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Art Fair Appearances8

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2025
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2019
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2018
The Armory Show — New York
2015
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Sotheby’s $433 Million Contemporary Evening and Mnuchin Sales Kicked Off New York’s May Marquee Auctions
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Sotheby’s May Auctions: Rothko’s $100M Masterpiece Headlines
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