Sotheby’s to Offer Four Paintings by Joan Mitchell in ‘Momentous’ May Auction

Sotheby’s will offer four major paintings by Joan Mitchell as part of its contemporary evening sale on May 13, spanning the artist’s career, with estimates ranging between $1 million and $20 million. All four paintings, Untitled (1954), the large-scale canvas Noon (1969), Untitled (1973) and the diptych Ground (1989-1990) have been consigned from the same private collection.Notably, Noon was painted after Mitchell’s permanent move to Vétheuil, France, where she lived at