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Joan Miró
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 GBP
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Description
- Joan Miró
- Couple d'amoureux dans la nuit
- signed Miró (lower centre); signed Miró, dated IX 67 and titled on the verso
- gouache on black paper
- 31.6 by 23.8cm, 12 1/4 by 9 3/8 in.
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Peter A. DeMaerel, New York
Donald Millerbernd, Connecticut
Private Collection (sale: Christie's, New York, 5th May 2005, lot 161)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Peter A. DeMaerel, New York
Donald Millerbernd, Connecticut
Private Collection (sale: Christie's, New York, 5th May 2005, lot 161)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró. Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, 1960-1972, Paris, 2012, vol. III, no. 2018, illustrated in colour p. 172
Condition
Executed on black wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount on the reverse with tape at the upper corners. The edges are unevenly cut and the sheet is lightly time-stained. There is some bubbling and discoloration to the thickest areas of white gouache at upper right and lower centre. 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 painting must be fertile. It has to give birth to a world. It doesn’t matter if you see flowers in it, figures, horses, as long as it reveals a world, something living.’
(The artist quoted in Joan Miró, 1893-1993 (exhibition catalogue), Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1993, p. 426).