Lot 139
  • 139

Joan Miró

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Personnage et animaux (Mourlot 97); and Composition sur fond vert
  • coloured lithograph
  • first sheet: 565 by 760mm 22 1/4 by 29 7/8 in
  • second sheet: 480 by 640mm 18 7/8 by 25 1/4 in
Two lithographs printed in colours, one After Miro, 1950, each signed in pencil, dated, numbered 70/75 and 29/300 respectively, each published by Maeght, Paris, on Arches wove paper, each framed

Condition

Personnage et animaux: the full sheet, in generally good condition apart from light-staining and the sheet adhered to the backboard with Cellotape along sheet edges, four short abrasions in the lower part of the image, a few small handling creases, the occasional stray fox mark (only visible upon close inspection), framed. Composition sur fond vert: With wide margins, in generally good condition apart from light- and uneven mount-staining, some scattered foxing in the margins, occasional soft handling creases in the lower margins, the verso with backboard-staining and scattered foxing, remains of three previous hinges at upper sheet edge with associated skinning verso, framed.
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