JOAN MITCHELL: TREES edited by Ellen Robinson with text by John Yau

Cheim & Read Gallery, 2014, First edition, 64 pp., 11 1/2" X 13", Hardcover Fine in near fine dj Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Trees at Cheim & Read, New York, May 15-August 29, 2014 Dating from 1964 to 1991, the paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the form and structure of trees. Known for her expressionistic, visceral explorations of the natural landscape, Mitchell abstracted tree-forms throughout her career, from the richly-hued, interlacing branches of Hemlock, 1956 (Collection Whitney Museum of American Art) to the thick, rectangular-trunked grove in Trees, 1990-91. The paintings bristle with energy and emotion; her staccato brushwork, rich color palette and pervading sense of light and composition are at once elegant and rebellious.