My Landscape II

Joan Mitchell, My Landscape II, 1967, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.82
Joan Mitchell, My Landscape II, 1967, oil on canvas, 10371 12 in. (261.6181.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.82

Artwork Details

Title
My Landscape II
Date
1967
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10371 12 in. (261.6181.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape
  • Abstract
Object Number
1980.137.82

Artwork Description

My Landscape II conveys the sense of a tall window flung open to the world outside, but the vantage point is an interior one—literally, as though through a window, and metaphorically, as if envisioned in memory. In 1967, Mitchell bought a two-acre estate on a hillside overlooking the Seine in Vétheuil, about forty miles north of Paris. The view from the house was magnificent—from the narrow terrace, Mitchell could see the river—and the effect on her work was immediate and powerful. She said of Vétheuil, “It’s a secure landscape, not desperate. I’ve chosen one you can live in.”

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Works by this artist (4 items)

Joan Mitchell, Marlin, 1960, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1968.52.16
Marlin
Date1960
oil on canvas
On view
Joan Mitchell, Untitled, before 1956, oil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 2000.9.1
Untitled
Datebefore 1956
oil on paper
Not on view
Joan Mitchell, Sunflower III, 1969, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.81
Sunflower III
Date1969
oil on canvas
Not on view
Joan Mitchell, My Landscape II, 1967, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.82
My Landscape II
Date1967
oil on canvas
Not on view