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Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.106  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Abandonment
Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.106 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Abandonment

MakerMade by Clifford Mitchell American, 1925 - 2005
Date1971
MediumPhotography; color print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 7/16 x 4 7/8in. (8.7 x 12.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/16 x 4 7/8in. (8.7 x 12.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell
DescriptionReproduction of a collage composed of phtoographs of abandoned brick buildings. The word "Abandonment" appears many times across the piece. On the left side, there are also at least two greenish-yellow screenprints that seem to depict an abstract tree.
Object number2012.236.106
MarkingsRecto, bottom right corner, debossed in gold foil: "Technicolor"

Verso, Kodak backprint: "A KODAK PAPER"
NotesSubject note: "Abandonment" appeared in Mitchell's exhibition at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center in 1971. It was destroyed, date unknown.

From the artist's catalog.

Clifford Mitchell was an architect as well as artist, so images of buildings figure frequently in his artwork.
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • Clifford Mitchell: Architect, Artist, and Teacher
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.104  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1960
    1999.129.0a
    The Connecticut Store
    1995-1999
    Community History Project Collection, 2022.20.22b, Connecticut Historical Society, In Copyright…
    Peter Moran
    2022 July 8
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.52   © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    E. Irving Blomstrann
    after 1967
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.144  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1975
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.89  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    E. Irving Blomstrann
    1970
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.91  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    E. Irving Blomstrann
    1966
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.64  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    after 1977
    Jug
    Fabricante Magdaleno
    about 1920
    Coffeepot
    Enoch Wood & Sons
    about 1820-1840