ID 792641
Lot 493 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Femme, étoile
signed 'Miró' (lower centre); signed, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró Femme, étoile x Barcelone, 28-10-1942.' (on the reverse)
gouache and pencil on paper
19 5⁄8 x 25 1⁄2 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
Painted in October 1942
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2002, lot 399.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, vol. II, 1938-1959, Paris, 2012, no. 1002, p. 111 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Madrid, Galería Theo, Miró, obras de 1916 a 1976, December 1989, no. 13 (illustrated; titled 'Personage sur fond jaune').
Special notice
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| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
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