George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold
1957
Title
George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
85 1/2 x 78 5/8 inches (217.2 x 199.7 cm)
Collection
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    Buffalo AKG Art Museum
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                                    Buffalo, New York
                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                
Rights & Reproductions
                                        © Estate of Joan Mitchell.
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About This Work
Irving Sandler visited Mitchell periodically in 1957 as she painted this work in her St. Marks Place studio in New York. His visits are recounted in the first monographic article about her in a major art magazine: "Mitchell Paints a Picture" (ARTnews, October 1957).
