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Joan Miró
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description
- Joan Miró
- Femme, Oiseau, Etoile
- signed Mirò (lower center) ; signed Joan Mirò, tittled Femme, oiseau, étoile, inscribed Barcelone and dated 3-2-1943 (on the reverse)
- gouache, watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper
- 26 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Gustav Zumsteg, Zürich
Collection Dr. W. Schlapbach, Zürich
Collection Karl Gysel, Zürich
Thence by descent to the present owner
Gustav Zumsteg, Zürich
Collection Dr. W. Schlapbach, Zürich
Collection Karl Gysel, Zürich
Thence by descent to the present owner
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The all four edges are deckled. There are pinholes to all four corners and to the centre of each edge. Some of them have been repaired. There is a small (approx. 0.8 cm) repaired tear to the lower part of the right edge, another repaired tear (approx. 0.5cm) to the centre of the left edge and a few further smaller repaired tears and nicks along the extreme edges (not visible when framed). There is a small (approx. 0.4 cm wide) repaired paper loss towards the centre of the lower edge. The sheet is slightly light stained. This work is in overall very 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The Constellations series (1940-1941) is the point of departure for a set of no less remarkable works where Miro’s prodigious inventiveness unfolds in a frenzy of experimentation. Jacques Dupin described perfectly the extreme and joyful artistic licence of these drawings made between 1942 and 1943: “All the variations of these pages turn around a unique theme, the Woman Bird Star, which is the title of a great number of works. It is always a variation on this theme of great simplicity, variations that are all the more rich, complex and disturbing as the theme retains this elementary simplicity. The woman, the stars and a few animals are figures that are both common and fantastic which lend themselves to the infinite combinations of the artist’s imagination.” (quoted in Miro, Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1997, p.106.)