Lot 331
  • 331

JOAN MIRÓ | Figure

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Figure
  • Inscribed Miró, numbered 1/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark Parellada
  • Bronze
  • Height: 13 1/4 in.
  • 33.7 cm
  • Conceived and cast in 1981 in an edition of 6.

Provenance

Pierre & Maria Gaetana Matisse Foundation, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Emilio Fernández Miró & Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 387, illustration of another cast in color p. 358

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. It features a variegated brown, light brown and green patina. There is slight rubbing to the extremities of the sculpture and very minor surface dirt in the crevices. Some verdigris visible on the figure's back, which is possibly inherent to the sculpture.
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