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Joan Miró
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description
- Joan Miró
- Personnage
- Signed Miró and dated 1949 (on the reverse)
- Oil on canvas
- 13 5/8 by 10 5/8 in.
- 34.5 by 26.9 cm
Provenance
Mary & Leigh B. Block, Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago (a gift from the above in 1988)
Private Collection, Paris
Gustfield-Glimer Galleries, Ltd., Northbrook, Illinois
Acquired from the above
The Art Institute of Chicago (a gift from the above in 1988)
Private Collection, Paris
Gustfield-Glimer Galleries, Ltd., Northbrook, Illinois
Acquired from the above
Literature
Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, 1942-1955, vol. III, Argenton-sur-Creuse, 2001, no. 852, illustrated p. 150
Condition
The work is in excellent condition. Canvas is unlined. The faintest trace of the stretcher bar mark is visible in the upper center (approximately 1 inch). Under UV: there is not apparent inpainting. This work is in excellent condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This jewel-like picture is populated by Miró's playful Surrealist characters that came to dominate his art in the post-war years. Miró gave up his practice of assigning poetic or elusive titles to his pictures as he had done in the 1930s, and now favored more straight-forward classifications for his work. Women, children, birds, stars and moons festooned these pictures, but the artist did not compromise his imaginative impulses when rendering these forms. In fact, it was these compositions from the mid to late 1940s that would inspire the creative production of the Abstract Expressionist artist Arshile Gorky in New York. After his trip to America in 1947, Miró himself would respond to the style of the Abstract Expressionists and begin a series of large-format paintings. During these years he made a virtue of these small-format, intensely colorful canvases, with their splendor and precision.