Four of Joan Mitchell's Abstract Masterpieces Sell for $45.2 Million at Auction | Sotheby's

With auctioneer Oliver Barker commanding a flurry of bids from the rostrum, a quartet of four Joan Mitchell paintings offered in succession during the Contemporary Evening Auction at Sotheby's New York totaled an impressive $45.2 million, far exceeding their combined estimate.

Representing the most significant selection of paintings from Mitchell to ever come to market—and hailing from the same esteemed private collection—these defining masterworks span nearly half a century of artistic production.

Together, the conversation between these paintings offers a visual timeline of the radical transformations of Joan Mitchell’s practice from c. 1955 through to 1989.

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