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At least once a decade, Mitchell spent a concentrated amount of time in the production of prints. In the late 1950s, Mitchell was encouraged by Floriano Vecchi, the owner of Tiber Press in New York, to make prints with his workshop. In 1959-60, Mitchell made a series of screenprints with hand-painted overlay at Tiber. Some of which were reproduced in the limited edition artist book, The Poems, to accompany poems by John Ashbery.

In 1972 Mitchell returned to printmaking, this time to make etchings with Arte Adrian Maeght, Paris. These prints demonstrate one of the earliest uses of a favorite …