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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Bedford II

1981

Joan Mitchell

Associated Names

Joan Mitchell

Artist, American, 1925 - 1992

The image displays overlapping, scribbled lines and shapes in dark blue, black, and purple, with touches of bright green and magenta along the edges, creating an abstract effect.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee
Dimensions

sheet: 108.4 x 82.7 cm (42 11/16 x 32 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.189.1

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 37/70 Joan Mitchell; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: JM81-537

Markings

BS: Tyler Graphics chop

Wikidata ID

Q74895990

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