Joan Mitchell

American (1925 - 1992)

Joan Mitchell was an American painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Joan Mitchell's estimated art value is CAD $800,000 (*)

Joan Mitchell's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of CAD $100,000 - $2,500,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was CAD $1,171,249 - paid for "Untitled" at Heffel in Vancouver on Wed, Jul 15, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 14 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of CAD $100,000 - $2,500,000.

Notable Art Works

Untitled
oil on canvas triptych
33 cms x 69.2 cms (13 ins x 27.25 ins)

Lot for sale by Heffel Auction House, Vancouver
Lot# 036
Wed, Jul 15, 2020

Estimate CAD $400,000 - $600,000
Sold for CAD $1,171,249

Untitled
Oil on canvas
40.6 cms x 78.2 cms (16 ins x 30.79 ins)

Lot for sale by BYDealers Auction House, Montréal
Lot# 53
Mon, Nov 6, 2017

Estimate CAD $400,000 - $500,000
(Not sold)

BYDealers Auction House Biography and Notes

This unique triptych by American painter Joan Mitchell is among the few small-scale works she created, a rare gem for collectors. Its provenance is also worthy of mention: the sole proprietor was none other than Jean Paul Riopelle, Mitchell's life partner of nearly twenty-five years. In The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, Jane Livingston relates, "in 1972, when the critic Cindy Nemser visited Mitchell [at Vétheuil], the only painting not by [Riopelle] was a small Mitchell he owned, 'located in an inconspicuous space over a door in an upstairs room.'" The "small Mitchell" to which the New York critic referred was undoubtedly this triptych.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top oil painting sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
This information is not intended to substitute professional advice.
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