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"tombstone": "Metro, 1958. Joan Mitchell (American, 1925\u20131992). Oil on canvas; framed: 115.6 x 139.7 x 4.5 cm (45 1/2 x 55 x 1 3/4 in.); unframed: 113 x 137.1 cm (44 1/2 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey, 1969.252. \u00a9 Estate of Joan Mitchell",
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"id": 218746,
"title": "A Rebours",
"description": "A Rebours. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (organizer) (April 20-June 13, 1999); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00cda (July 6-October 11, 1999).",
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"id": 441481,
"title": "Gallery One 2012",
"description": "Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).",
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{
"id": 396695,
"title": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection",
"description": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).",
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"description": "Newport Beach, CA, Newport Harbor Art Museum (June 28-September 9, 1984) Action/Precision: The New Direction in New York, 1955-60, cat. no. 35, p. 122, repr. p. 123, also traveled to: Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum(3 October - 25 November 1984); Grey Art Gallery, New York University (15 January - 23 February 1984); Cincinnati, OH, the Contemporary Arts Center (14 March - 27 April 1984); Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Gallery (14 September - 3 November 1984); Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin (12 January - 23 February 1986).",
"opening_date": "1984-06-28T00:00:00"
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"description": "Washington DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Joan Mitchell: A Retrospective Exhibition (26 February - 1 May 1988); also traveled to San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (26 May - 18 July 1988); Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Gallery (17 September - 6 November 1988); La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (2 December 1988 - 29 January 1989); Ithaca, NY, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (26 February - 23 April 1989); ill. cat. no. 35, p. 122.",
"opening_date": "1988-02-26T00:00:00"
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"description": "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (4/20/99 - 6/13/99); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (7/6/99 - 10/11/99) \"A Rebours\" p. 237 (repr.).",
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"description": "Mrs. John B. Dempsey.",
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"did_you_know": "At the age of 17, Mitchell was named \"Figure Skating Queen of the Midwest.\"",
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"description": "Metro belongs to an early phase in Mitchell\u2019s long career, when she started to earn fame for abstract paintings that balance spontaneity with planning. Its composition is centrifugal: wide patches of reds, maroons, olive greens, and whites clustered in the canvas\u2019s upper center are effectively spinning off into thinner arcs at the sides and bottom.",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:50:32.165000"
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