JOAN MIRO (1893-1983)
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1507880
Lot 126 | JOAN MIRO (1893-1983)
Estimate value
600000USD $ 600 000 – 900 000
Personnage, oiseau, étoiles
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed 'Joan Miró Personnage, oiseau, étoiles X Palma Majorque, 20-1-1942' (on the reverse)
gouache, pastel, black Conté crayon, charcoal and ink wash on paper
24 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (62.5 x 46.6 cm.)
Executed in Palma on 20 January 1942
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Ben Heller, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1952).
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
William and Helen Mazer, New York (acquired from the above, 1958); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 567.
Acquired at the above sale by Max and Cecile Draime.
Literature
J. Dupin, Miró, Paris, 2004, p. 261, no. 284 (illustrated).
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, Paris, 2010, vol. II, p. 65, no. 908 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Selections from the Private Collection of David M. and Cecile Draime, April-November 2022, p. 21 (illustrated in color).
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
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