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Property from an Important American

Joan Miró

Femme

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:00 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American

Joan Miró  

1893 - 1983 


Femme 

inscribed Miró, stamped with the foundry mark A. Valsuani Cire Perdue and numbered 2/2   

painted bronze  

height (including base): 62 ½ in.  158.8 cm. 

Conceived in 1973 and cast by Fonderie Valsuani et Fils, Bagneux, Paris.  

Galerie Maeght, Paris 

Christie's, New York, 11 November 1987, lot 334  

Davlyn Gallery, New York 

Helly Nahmad Gallery, London 

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Sculptures et ceramiques, 1973, no. 156, p. 140, illustration of another cast

Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 260, p. 244 

Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Joan Miró, 1981, no. 25, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., London, Riverside Studios, Homage to Miró, 1983 

Emilio Fernandez-Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró: Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 300, p. 286, illustration of another cast in color