Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale

Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale

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Property from a New York Charitable Family Trust

Joan Miró

Tête et oiseau

Lot Closed

June 30, 11:49 AM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New York Charitable Family Trust

Joan Miró

1893 - 1983

Tête et oiseau


signed Miró, stamped with the foundry mark Scuderi Cire Perdue and numbered 2/2

bronze

Height: 48.3cm., 19in.


Conceived and cast in 1971 in a edition of 3, numbered 0/2 - 2/2, plus one nominative version cast in 1973.

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Waddington Galleries, London
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984

Alain Jouffroy & Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1973, no. 187, another cast illustrated. p. 131
Daniel Lelong, Joan Miró, Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 223, this cast listed p. 220; another cast illustrated in colour p. 220