Untitled

Joan Mitchell

About 1957

  • Titles Untitled (Title)
  • Artist Joan Mitchell, American, 1925 - 1992
  • Medium oil on paper
  • Dimensions 13 7/8 x 22 in. (35.2 x 55.9 cm) frame: 28 1/2 x 36 3/8 x 1 in.
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John and Nancy Poynor, AFI.4.2005
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Prints

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On the edge of a body of water that is scattered with patches of grass and rocks, a black bird with a red bill crouches forward. The bird is characterized by a white stripe running along the edge of its wing and another up its tail. It has green talons that are topped with red bands.
Indicated by the inscription, this colored photograph captures the back view of an auto parts store. The single-story brick structure is painted red and has a flat green roof. On the central red wall, the numbers "8 7 1" are painted in black spray paint. A white door sits to the left. Four wooden steps with a hand railing extend from below the white door. An exposed green pipe cuts across the center of the composition and intersects with a boarded up green window that holds a white air conditioning unit. Above the building is a view of a white brick building with a green single-hung window. The image is enclosed by a white frame.
The Klub, Uniontown, Alabama, William Christenberry, chromogenic print
This black and white photograph shows a valley in the desert between two rocky outcroppings framing the landcape at the left and right of the image. The landscape extends into the distance, showing a number of receding mesas.