Lot 65
  • 65

Joan Miró

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 EUR
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • L'OISEAU QUI CHANTE À LA LUNE
  • signé Miró et daté 23.IX.52 en bas à droite
  • crayons de couleur sur papier

  • 36 x 26 cm; 14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.

Provenance

André Verdet, Saint-Paul de Vence
Collection particulière, acquis auprès du précédent propriétaire en 1969
Vente : Sotheby's, New York, 5 novembre 2004, lot 300
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel 

Condition

Executed on the back of the frontispice of the book Joan Miro ou le poète préhistorique by Raymond Queneau. The sheet is taped to the mount at the upper edge. Apart from a restored area of the paper to the lower right quadrant, an abrasion line to the paper to the lower part of the composition and some light time staining, this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note


signed 'Miró' et dated '23.IX.52'  lower right. Coloured crayons on paper. Executed in september 1952.