ID 990380
Lot 347 | JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Personnage et oiseau
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'MIRÓ 2/2 R. SCUDERI FONDEUR. PARIS' (along the rim)
bronze with black patina
height: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.)
Conceived in 1977, and cast in a numbered edition of 2
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Private collection, Japan; sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1993, lot 121.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Jouffroy & J. Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 291, p. 247 (illustrated).
E. Fernández Miró & P. Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 350, p. 328 (another cast illustrated).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statuettes |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
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