Lot 408
  • 408

JOAN MIRÓ | Projet pour 'El Crit de la Tenora'

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Projet pour 'El Crit de la Tenora'
  • signed Miró and dated 6/68 (lower right)
  • brush and ink on paper
  • 49.5 by 38.5cm., 19 3/8 by 15 1/8 in.
  • Executed in June 1968.

Provenance

Private Collection, Vienna
Michael Wewerka, Berlin (acquired from the above in the 1970s)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount at two places along the upper edge, and floating in its mount. The left edge is deckled. The sheet is lightly time-stained. There are some old mounting stains to the extreme lower edges, some handling marks and minor surface abrasion possibly due to the removal of old hinges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

ADOM has confirmed the authenticity of this work.