Cercando un Ago
Date
1959
Artist
Joan Mitchell, American, b. Chicago, Illinois, 1925–1992
Provenance
Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, to 22 February 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhhorn, New York, 22 February 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, Durham, North Carolina. "Paintings of the 50s: Another Look, a loan of twenty-one paintings from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 October-27 November 1983, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection," 16 October 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
Published References
UNSIGNED. “Expositions et informations,” Aujourd’hui 6 (December 1961), p. 100.
SANDLER, IRVING et al. Abstract Art Since 1945 (London: Thames and Hudson, 1971), p. 62; pl. 43, p. 69 (misidentified as a Robert Motherwell in text; see correction on p. 62).
MARTIN, MICHEL et al. Mitchell / Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation (Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2018), fig. 55 (color), p. 164.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 143, p. 158.
See more items in
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Abstract Expressionism (Second Generation)
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.3577
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
63 × 67 in. (160 × 170.2 cm)
