Customer Reviews

Joan Mitchell

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I only recently became aware of Joan Mitchell's work through the help of my art teacher and I'm so glad. I don't think you'll be able to find a more informative or complete collection of her work and her background. Her work is intermingled with the biographical information in chronological order in many great and often oversized (fold out) color plates.

This is one for your permanent art collection.

I wish I had known that half of the essays are in German.
I wish I had known that there are only 34 reproductions of her work in the book, and they fall short in quality and richness when compared with the Whitney Museum book on Joan Mitchell.
I wish I had purchased "The Paintings of Joan Mitchell" (published by the Whitney Museum 2002) first.

Buyers beware: the description provided by Amazon and the review above refer to a 1988 Hudson Hills publication of the same name. This book is totally different.

This is a quality publication, with good essays (in both English and German)and supurb images. All 34 plates are full color, full page, all with crisp resolution, and span from 1950 to 1992. What the book lacks in number of images, it makes up for with some 'rarities' taken from private collections, previously unpublished. This is certainly not even close to a definitive collection of Mitchell's work, but it is a good overview.

Seller did not ship the book I ordered which was by author Bernstock for a Joan Mitchell Abstract Expressionist book. They sent a less expensive book which I did not order. I have e-mailed seller and sent a letter several weeks ago to no avail. I am not happy with this seller being represented by Amazon and no recourse available.