ID 1425854
Lot 417 | JOAN MIRO (1893-1983)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Femme dans la nuit
signed and numbered 'Miro 1/5' (on the back of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'FUNDICIO VICTORIA J PARELLADA BARCELONA' (on the side of the base)
bronze
Height: 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1967
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (by 1970).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1990).
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1996.
Literature
A. Jouffroy and J. Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, p. 231, no. 79 (another cast illustrated).
Fundació Joan Miró, Obra de Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1988, p. 392, no. 1451 (another cast illustrated).
P. Gimferrer, The Roots of Miró, Barcelona, 1993, p. 399, no. 1161 (another cast illustrated).
J. Dupin, Joan Miró, Sculptures: Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, p. 105, no. 94 (another cast illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró: Sculpture in Bronze and Ceramic, 1967-1969, May 1970, no. 13 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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