Lot 188
  • 188

JOAN MIRÓ | Sans titre

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Sans titre
  • Signed Miró (lower left)
  • Gouache, watercolor, brush and ink and pastel on paper
  • 16 1/2 by 24 in.
  • 42 by 61 cm
  • Executed in 1970.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo
Hayakawa Gallery, Osaka
Galerie Rienzo, New York
Acquired from the above on September 29, 2000

Literature

Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, vol. III, Paris, 2012, no. 2223, illustrated in color p. 264

Condition

The work is in excellent condition. Executed on cream-colored handmade paper. the sheet is hinged to a mount at all four corners of its verso. The sheet is undulating. All four edges are deckled. There are some minor creases along all edges, likely inherent to the papermaking process. The pigments are bright and fresh.
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