ID 1306062
Lot 162 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Personnage poursuivi par un bel oiseau jaune
signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); dated and inscribed ‘23/v./81. Personnage poursuivi par un bel oiseau jaune’ (on the reverse)
gouache, brush and India ink and wax crayon on paper
29 ¾ x 22 5/8 in. (75.5 x 57.8 cm.)
Executed on 23 May 1981
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (no. 3481).
Acquavella Modern Art, Nevada (no. 547).
Private collection, Paris.
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris.
Private collection, Monaco, by whom acquired from the above in August 2001.
Literature
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Drawings, vol. VI, 1978-1981, Paris, 2018, no. 5218, p. 309 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Gouache, India Ink |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Gouache, India Ink |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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