"La Vie en Rose"
Object type: Painting
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Joan Mitchell
Artist bio: American, Chicago, Illinois 1925–1992 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1979
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Overall: 9 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 22 ft. 3 15/16 in. × 4 in. (280.7 × 680.6 × 10.2 cm)
a - far left panel: 9 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 70 7/8 in. × 1 1/8 in. (280.7 × 180 × 2.9 cm)
b - center left panel: 9 ft. 2 1/4 in. × 63 1/8 in. × 1 1/4 in. (280 × 160.3 × 3.2 cm)
c - center right panel: 9 ft. 2 3/8 in. × 63 1/8 in. × 1 1/4 in. (280.4 × 160.3 × 3.2 cm)
d - far right panel: 9 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 70 7/8 in. × 1 1/4 in. (280.7 × 180 × 3.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Anonymous Gift and Purchase, George A. Hearn Fund, by exchange, 1991
Accession year: 1991