Lot 104
  • 104

Joan Miró

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Le soleil et la lune
  • Signed Miró (lower right); signed Joan Miró and dated 2/I/938 (on the verso)
  • Gouache, watercolor, pastel and black crayon on paper
  • 25 1/8 by 19 1/8 in.
  • 63.8 by 48.5 cm

Provenance

Alfred Richet, Paris
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Collection Bohmer
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 28, 1984, lot 382
Acquired at the above sale by A. Alfred Taubman

Exhibited

London, The Tate Gallery & Zurich, Kunsthaus, Joan Miró, 1964, no. 150

Literature

Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, 1938-1959, vol. II, Paris, 2010, no. 809, illustrated p. 17

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on card with a window to the inscription on the verso of the sheet. There is a faint watermark along the right edge of the sheet. Artist pinholes visible in the upper right and lower left corners. There is a faint flattened crease and some nicks to the edge of the sheet in the lower left corner. The sheet is time darkened and there is an old mat stain. Some scuffing to the surface of the black element at lower left and some shrinkage with associated surface pigment loss in the red to the lower left of center, otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

 

“My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.”

Joan Miró