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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Lot 114
07.03.2024 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1164009
Lot 114 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Oiseau, insecte, constellation

signed ‘Miró’ (centre right); signed again, dated and inscribed ‘MIRÓ. 2/III/74. Oiseau - - insecte, Constella = tions’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

50 ¾ x 38 in. (129 x 96.5 cm.)

Painted on 2 March 1974





Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by 1975 and until at least 1987.

Acquavella Galleries, New York.

Hakoné Museum, Gôra, Japan.

Private Collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 2014, lot 32.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

W. Erben, Joan Miró, The Man and His Work, Cologne, 1998, p. 214 (illustrated p. 215).

J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, vol. V, Paintings. 1969-1975, Paris, 2003, no. 1599, p. 203 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais, Joan Miró, May – October 1974, no. 210, p. 146 (illustrated).

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró, Paintings & Sculpture, 1969-1974, April 1975, no. 26 (illustrated).

Wichita, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Joan Miró, Paintings and Graphics, September – November 1978.

Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Miró, Selected Paintings, March – June 1980, no. 45, p. 94 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, June – August 1980.

Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Miró in America, April – June 1982, no. 32 (illustrated).

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Joan Miró, November 1986 – February 1987, no. 167 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, February – April 1987.

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joan Miró, A Retrospective, May – August 1987, no. 145, p. 243 (illustrated p. 242).
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