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Title Page from the book “The Poems”

Joan Mitchell, Tiber Press, and others

Title Page from the book “The Poems”

1959

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Title Page from the book “The Poems”

1959

Physical Qualities Color screenprint, Sheet: 459 x 363 mm. (45.9 x 36.3 cm.) Image: 238 x 352 mm. (23.8 x 35.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Floriano Vecchi, New York
Object Number 1997.18.3
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.

Inscribed: VERSO: (ink), estate stamp of Joan Mitchell

Markings: Printed at lower center: "THE POEMS / by John Ashbery Prints by Joan Mitchell / Tiber Press, New York"

Artist

Joan Mitchell

1924–1991

American, 1925-1992
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Printer

Floriano Vecchi

1919–2004

American, born Italy, 1920-2005
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