Property from a Prestigious American Collection
Joan Miró
Tête
Auction Closed
May 14, 01:12 AM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prestigious American Collection
Joan Miró
(1893 - 1983)
Tête
signed Miró, numbered 2/2 and stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur, Arceuil, Paris
bronze
height: 73 in. 185.3 cm.
Conceived in 1978 in an edition of two; this example cast in 1978.
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1978)
Irman and Norman Braman Foundation, Miami (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 2014, lot 51 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris,Miró, cent sculptures, 1962-1978, 1978, p. 81, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Peintures, sculptures, dessins, céramiques,1979, p.183, illustration of another cast
Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 239, no. 293, illustration of another cast
Emilo Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 353, p. 331, illustration in color of another cast
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