JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Lot 115
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Lot 115 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Personnage et oiseau

signed 'Miró' (lower left); signed again, dated and inscribed 'MIRÓ. 27⁄7/63 Personnage et oiseau' (on the reverse)

oil on board

40 5⁄8 x 29 1⁄4 in. (104 x 74.4 cm.) 

Painted on 27 July 1963







Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (no. ST 7097), by whom acquired directly from the artist, in October 1965.

Acquavella Modern Art, Nevada (no. 1586), by whom acquired from the above in 1990.

Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired from the above in 1990.

Private collection, Spain, by whom acquired from the above in 2007.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.





Literature

J.J. Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, no. 92, n.p. (illustrated pl. 92; titled 'Character with bird').

J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, vol. IV, 1959-1968, Paris, 2002, no. 1048, p. 44 (illustrated).





Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró: 'Cartones', 1959-1965, October - November 1965, no. 25, n.p. (illustrated in situ p. 35; illustrated again pp. 37 & 40).

Yokohama, Museum of Art, Joan Miró, Centennial Exhibition: The Pierre Matisse Collection, January - March 1992, no. 81, p. 120 (illustrated p. 121).





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