Joan Mitchell / edited by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel.

"Published to accompany the exhibition co-organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art."

"Exhibition schedule: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, September 4, 1921-January 17, 2022; Baltimore Museum of Art, March 6-August 14, 2022; Fondation Louis Vuitton, October 5, 2022-February 27, 2023."--Provided by publisher.

Contributions by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel, Karli Wurzelbacher, Tracey Bashkoff, Marin Sarvé-Tarr, Amy Rahn, Meredith George Van Dyke, Mara Hoberman, Erin Kimmel, Cecilia Wichmann, David Max Horowitz, Rachel Mochon, Paul Auster, Gisèle Barreau, Éric de Chassey, Jennifer Hickey and David Reed, Eileen Myles, Richard Shiff, Joyce Pensato, and Jenni Quilter.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-364) and index.

Foreword -- Beautiful weed / Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel -- Painter / Sarah Roberts ; Sketchbook drawings, circa 1948 / Karli Wurzelbacher -- St. Mark's / Katy Siegel ; Untitled, circa 1950 / Tracey Bashkoff -- Par avion / Katy Siegel ; The bridge, 1956 / Marin Sarvé-Tarr -- A country of her own : Joan Mitchell and France, 1948-1967 / Éric de Chassey -- Frémicourt / Sarah Roberts ; Mud time, 1960 / Amy Rahn -- Voyages / Sarah Roberts ; Girolata triptych, 1963 / Meredith George Van Dyke -- Vétheuil / Katy Siegel ; Untitled, 1969 / Mara Hoberman -- "Love is the condition of arriving at infinity" : Joan Mitchell and poetry / Jenni Quilter -- Territories / Sarah Roberts ; Poem pastels / Erin Kimmel -- Green / Katy Siegel ; Weeds, 1976 / Cecilia Wichmann -- Add red, or not / Richard Shiff -- La vie en rose / Katy Siegel ; La Grande Vallée XVI, pour Iva, 1983 / David Max Horowitz -- Painting / Sarah Roberts ; Late pastels / Rachel Mochon -- Selected contextual images -- Joan Mitchell's Harbor December / Jennifer Hickey and David Reed -- La ligne de rupture / Paul Auster -- Joan and 'la musique à peindre" / Gisèle Barreau -- To a sunflower / Joyce Pensato -- Eight poems and Joan Mitchell's City landscape / Eileen Myles.

"A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled beauty, strength, and emotional intensity. This gorgeous book unfolds the story of an artistic master of the highest order, revealing the ways she expanded abstract painting and illuminating the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Lavish illustrations cover the full arc of her artistic practice, from her exceptional New York paintings of the early 1950s to the majestic multipanel compositions she made in France later in her career. Signature works are represented here along with rarely seen paintings, works on paper, artist's sketchbooks, and photographs of Mitchell's life, social circle, and surroundings. Featuring scholarly texts, in-depth essays, and artistic and literary responses, this book is organized in ten chronological chapters. Each chapter centers on a closely related suite of paintings, illuminating a shifting inner landscape colored by experience, sensation, memory, and a deep sense of place. Presenting groundbreaking research and a variety of perspectives on her art, life, and connections to poetry and music, this unprecedented volume is an essential reference for Mitchell's admirers and those just discovering her work."--Publisher's description.