Artist's book with eight color lithographs by Joan Mitchell and poetry by Nathan Kernan. Unbound in a pink paper wrapper from the artist's previously existing lithographs with blue printed title; housed in a burgundy cloth-covered portfolio box with pink handmade paper label and blue printed title.

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Poems, 1992

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Near the end of her life, Joan Mitchell was asked by legendary print publisher Ken Tyler to collaborate on a book project with the American poet and writer Nathan Kernan (born 1950). Enthusiastic about the idea, Mitchell responded with a series of eight brilliantly colored abstract illuminations. Her boldly gestural images are not literal illustrations of Kernan's poems, but instead complement the poet's vivid imagery.

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Title
Poems
Artist Life
1925 - 1992
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2001.149
Provenance
Private collection, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2001.
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Artist's book with eight color lithographs by Joan Mitchell and poetry by Nathan Kernan. Unbound in a pink paper wrapper from the artist's previously existing lithographs with blue printed title; housed in a burgundy cloth-covered portfolio box with pink handmade paper label and blue printed title.

© Estate of Joan Mitchell

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