1969
In 1969 Mitchell completed her first large scale triptych, the 16.5 foot wide Sans Neige (without Snow).
For 1963 I posted an earlier triptych but that one was much smaller. This is as big as a wall.
In 1969 Mitchell completed her first large scale triptych, the 16.5 foot wide Sans Neige (without Snow).
For 1963 I posted an earlier triptych but that one was much smaller. This is as big as a wall.
The home that Mitchell lived in at Vétheuil sat up on a hill overlooking the Seine river. "Sans neige" is divided into horizontal bands of color. It’s easy to see this work echoing the layered landscape she viewed from her window. Mitchell kept a ladder in her studio so she could get to the top of her large works. The huge scale is a measure of her ambition and her attempt to capture the experience of the natural world.
Sans neige,
1969,
Oil on canvas
259.72 × 500.38 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/4a3a49c7-8181-437f-a079-5620f5c20147
1969,
Oil on canvas
259.72 × 500.38 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/4a3a49c7-8181-437f-a079-5620f5c20147
Watch abstract painter Stanley Whitney reflect on Joan Mitchell’s fearless career (6min.):
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