
Personnage
Auction Closed
November 19, 12:49 AM GMT
Estimate
5,000,000 - 7,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Joan Miró
(1893 - 1983)
Personnage
inscribed Miró and numbered 4/4
bronze
height: 78 ¾ in. 200 cm.
Conceived in 1970 and cast in an edition of 4 numbered casts plus 1 artist's proof and 2 nominative casts; this example cast by Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini, Verona in 1971.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1990)
Seibu Collection, Tokyo (acquired from the above in 1990)
Private Collection, United States
Galerie Vedovi, Brussels
Acquired from the above in 1999 by the present owner
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; The Cleveland Museum of Art and Art Institute of Chicago, Miró: Sculptures, 1971-72, no. 90, n.p., illustrated
Madrid, Centro Reina Sofia; Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró and Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Miró escultor, 1986-87, no. 63, p. 138, illustrated (Barcelona and Madrid); p. 152, illustrated (Cologne)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Maeght, Miró: Sculptures, 1970, no. 1, p. 20, illustration of another cast; p. 30
Peter Altman, "Miro's sculptures show unslowed creativity of 78-year-old-artist," The Minneapolis Star, 4 October 1971, section 6B, illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Hayward Gallery, Miró Bronzes, 1972, no. 34, pp. 26-27, illustrations of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Joan Miró: Das plastische Werk, 1972, no. 85, p. 53; pl. 24, p. 107 illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Sculptures de Miró, Céramiques de Miró et Llorens Artigas, 1973, no. 111, p. 31, illustration of another cast
Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1974, no. 150. pp. 68-69, illustrations of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Joan Miró, 1974, no. 257, p. 157, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Miró: Cent Sculptures, 1962-1978, 1978, no. 55, p. 47, illustration of another cast; p. 96
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Peintures, sculptures, dessins, céramiques, 1956-1979, 1979, no. 231, p. 100, illustration of another cast; p. 186
Exh. Cat. Liège, Musée Saint-Georges, Miró: Sculptures dans un jardin, 1979, no. 11
Exh. Cat., Milan, Palazzo Dugnani, Palazzo del Sonato, Miró Milano: Pittura, Scultura, Ceramica, Disegni, Sobreteixims, Grafica, 1981, no. 248; p. 98, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Hommage à Joan Miró, 1984, no. 167, p. 36
Guy Weelen, Miró, New York, 1984, no. 261, p. 180, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Miró in Montreal, 1986, no. 59, pp. 122 and 250, illustrations of another cast (titled Figure)
Exh. Cat., Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Joan Miró: Sculpturen, 1990, no. 58, illustration of another cast; p. 351
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, ed., Guide, Palma, 1992, p. 77, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Samling og bygninger, The Collection and Buildings, 1992, no. 299, p. 153, illustration in color of another cast
Pere Gimferrer, The Roots of Miró, Barcelona, 1993, no. 1205, p. 403, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Malmo Konsthall, Joan Miró, 1993-94, no. 25, p. 307, illustration in color of another cast; p. 436
Hubertus Gassner, Joan Miró, der magische Gärtner, Cologne, 1994, no. 69, p. 333
Exh. Cat., Palma, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Poesia a l’espai: Miró i l’escultura, 1996, no. 50, p. 154, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Miró, 1997, no. 100, p. 187, illustration in color of another cast; p. 215
Exh. Cat., Museum Eki Kyoto; Hyogo Prefectural Maruyamagawa Park Museum; Iwate, Morioka Foundation for Cultural Activity and Aichi, Toyohaschi City Museum of Art, Joan Miró, 1997-98, no. 84, p. 74, illustration in color of another cast; p. 87
Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Joan Miró: Creator of New Worlds, Skapare av nya världar, 1998, no. 127, p. 183, illustration in color of another cast; p. 250
Exh. Cat., Ludwigshafen, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten, 2000-01, no. 68, p. 115, illustration in color of another cast; p. 219
Janis Mink, Joan Miró 1893-1983, Cologne, 2001, p. 84, illustration of another cast (titled Figure)
Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró: Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 213, pp. 212-13, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Venice, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Willem de Kooning and Italy, 2024, p. 76, fig. 13, illustration in color of another cast
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