Lot 125
  • 125

Joan Miró

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Femme et oiseau
  • Inscribed Miró, numbered 4/4 and stamped with the foundry mark Clementi Fondeur
  • Bronze
  • Height: 63 1/8 in.
  • 161.3 cm

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in 1987

Literature

Alain Jouffroy & Joan Teixidor, Miró Scultptures, Paris, 1980, no. 140, illustration of another cast p. 110
Emilio Fernández Miró & Pila Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 162, illustration of another cast p. 168 

Condition

Modeled dark green patina. Minor patina rubbing on top of side appendages and on very top of head. Few scattered nailhead sized losses to the patina in the center column, particularly prevalent in the middle of the front and the top of the back surface, otherwise fine. Work is in good condition.
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