ID 1164003
Lot 116 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Estimate value
£ 2 700 000 – 3 500 000
L'échelle de l'évasion (The Escape Ladder)
signed 'Miró' (centre left)
oil on burlap
28 7⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 in. (73.5 x 54.3 cm.)
Painted in December 1939
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
J.S. Stein, Chicago, by 1948 and until at least 1962.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired circa 1975, and thence by descent.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 2013.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above via the intermediation of Crane Kalman Gallery in 2018.
Literature
C. Greenberg, Joan Miró, New York, 1948, p. 132 (illustrated pl. LX, p. 97).
J. Prévert & G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, Joan Miró, Paris, 1956, p. 147 (illustrated).
J. Dupin, Miró: Life and Work, London, 1962, no. 536, pp. 304 & 541 (illustrated p. 305).
J. Dupin, Miró, Paris, 1993, no. 265, pp. 242 & 243 (illustrated p. 243).
W. Erben, Joan Miró: The Man and His Work, Cologne, 1998, p. 104 (illustrated).
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, vol. II, 1931-1941, Paris, 2000, no. 626, p. 229 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, The Arts Club, Joan Miró: Works from Chicago Collections, February - March 1961, no. 28.
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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