JOAN MIRÓ | Femmes et oiseau dans la nuit

JOAN MIRÓ
Femmes et oiseau dans la nuit
Signed Miró and dated 19/10/1946 (on the reverse); titled (on the stretcher)
Oil on canvas
9 3/8 by 13 in. (24 by 33 cm)
Painted on October 19, 1946.

Price Available Upon Request

PROVENANCE
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist)
Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills
Revered & Mrs. James L. McLane, Los Angeles
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 14, 1990, lot 40
Private Collection
Sale: Christie’s, London, November 28, 1994, lot 29
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

EXHIBITED
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Group Show, 1946, n.n.
Los Angeles, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Joan Miró, 1959, no. 94
Sète, Museé Paul Valery, Miró: vers l'infiniment libre vers l'infiniment grand, 2014, no. 56, illustrated in the catalogue

LITERATURE
Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró, Life and Work, New York, 1962, no. 695, illustrated p. 553 (dated October 23, 1946)
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, vol. III, Paris, 2001, no. 795, illustrated in color p. 107

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