Cricket

Artist Joan Mitchell (American, 1925–1992)American, 1925–1992

CultureAmerican

Titles

Cricket

Date1981

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas (each): 18 1/8 × 15 1/16 in. (46 × 38.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 × 46 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (50.8 × 118.4 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Cornelia Cullen Long

Object number2024.1271

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Xavier Fourcade, inc., New York]; [Janie C. Lee, Houston]; [Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; [Meredith Long & Company, Houston, 1989]; Cornelia Long, Houston; given to the MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryNot yet Known.
Published References Greene, Alison de Lima and Naveen Krishnan, "Joan Mitchell at 100," The Magazine of Antiques (March 2026): 58-60, illustrated. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, bottom left corner of right panel: Joahn Mitchell. [print] 81
Verso: Stretcher inscribed in black, top center: G32084

Recto: Signed in graphite, bottom left corner of right panel: Joahn Mitchell [print]

Verso of each canvas stamped in black ink: [illegible] TOILES / EXTRA FINES / LUCIEN LEFRERVRE FOINET / PARIS [encircled]
Verso of stretcher stamped in black ink, bottom left: 8F
Verso of stretcher stamped in green ink, bottom left: ROBERT MILLER GALLERY / 41 EAST 57th STREET / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022

Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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