Lot 343
  • 343

Joan Miró

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Chien attaquant un oiseau
  • signed Miró (lower right)
  • oil, gouache and charcoal on paper laid down on canvas
  • 35 by 50cm., 9 1/4 by 19 3/4 in.

Provenance

Studio Due Ci Arte Moderna, Rome (acquired by 1981)
Private Collection, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 11th May 1988, lot 197A)
Private Collection, Spain (purchased at the above sale)
Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989

Exhibited

Rome, Studio Due Ci Arte Moderna, Miró Elegie per Roma, 1981

Condition

Executed on paper laid down on canvas. There are areas of fluorescence under UV which do not appear to relate to any retouching. This work is in good overall condition.
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