1965

Mitchell gives an interview to Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in New York, on May 21, 1965.
She speaks of her use of landscapes and color; the relationship between representation and abstraction in her work; her early exhibitions at the Stable Gallery and the New Gallery; her time in Paris; memories of The Club; how the New York art world has changed since the 1940s; comparisons of the gallery scenes of Paris and New York; reception of her work; and her series Calvi. Mitchell also recalls Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, and others.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-joan-mitchell-16086

Terrain Vague
1965
Oil on canvas
116 x 88.5 cm
Private collection