Lot 225
  • 225

Joan Miró

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Femmes et oiseaux
  • Inscribed with the signature Miró, numbered N 1, and inscribed with the foundry mark Clementi Fondeur Paris
  • Bronze
  • Height: 31 in.
  • 78.8 cm

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Literature

Joan Miró: Peintures, sculptures, dessins, céramiques, 1956-1979 (exhibition catalogue), Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul, 1979, no. 295
Alain Jouffroy & Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 252, illustration of another cast p. 186
Miró escultor (exhibition catalogue), Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1987, no. 102, illustration of another cast p. 203
Emilio Fernández Miró & Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné: 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 289, illustration in color of another cast p. 277

Condition

Varied green patina. Two quarter-inch holes in seat of chair, probably inherent to the casting process. There is a six inch long area of verdigris with associated patina loss along the outside rim of the seat. There is minor patina rubbings at the tops of the shoes from alternate displaying of the work. Apart from a few minor nicks and scratches this work is in very good condition.
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