THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
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Copyright © 2011 by Patricia Albers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Albers, Patricia.
    Joan Mitchell : lady painter / by Patricia Albers.—1st ed.
        p.  cm.
      “A Borzoi book.”
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      eISBN: 978-0-307-59598-0
    1. Mitchell, Joan, 1926–1992. 2. Painters—United States—Biography. 3. Abstract expressionism—United States. I. Title.
      ND237.M58A85 2011
      759.13—dc22
      [B]
2011000457

Front-of-jacket image: Untitled (detail) by Joan Mitchell, 1953–54. Courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation; Photograph of Joan Mitchell courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim & Read Gallery, New York.

Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson

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