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Joan Miró

Femme

Auction Closed

November 19, 12:49 AM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Joan Miró

(1893 - 1983)


Femme

inscribed Miró, numbered 2/4 and inscribed with the foundry mark Fonderia Fratelli-Bonvicini VR-Italy 

bronze

height: 122 in. 310 cm.

Conceived in 1970 and cast in a numbered edition of 4 plus 1 nominative cast; this example cast by Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini, Verona in 1971.

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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1990)

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1999)

Peter Marino International, East Hampton

Acquired from the above in 1999 by the present owner

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; The Cleveland Museum of Art and Art Institute of Chicago, Miró: Sculptures, 1971-72, no. 89; no. 88, n.p., illustration of the plaster (titled Goddess)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Maeght, Miró sculptures,


1970, no. 7, p. 28, illustration of another cast; p. 30

Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Sculpture de Miró, Ceramiques de Miro et Llorens Artigas, 1973, no. 113, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Joan Miró, 1974, no. 259, p. 157, illustration of another cast

Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 152, p. 76, illustration in color of another cast; p. 236

Exh. Cat., Milan, Ripartizione Cultura e Spettacolo, Palazzo Dugnani, Miró Milano: Pittura, Scultura, Ceramica, Disegni, Sobreteixims, Grafica, 1981, p. 97, illustration of another cast; p. 284

Exh. Cat., New York, The Pace Gallery, Miró Sculpture, 1984, n.p., illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Joan Miró, Henri Laurens, 1984, no. 11, p. 14, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Madrid, Centro Reina Sofia; Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró and Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Miró. Escultor, 1986-87, no. 97, p. 210, illustration of another cast 

Franco Basile, Joan Miró, Bologna, 1997, p. 235, illustration in color of another cast

Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 186, p. 187, illustration in color of another cast