Lot 354
  • 354

Joan Miró

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Le Lézard
  • Signed Miró Artigas 
  • Painted and glazed ceramic
  • Length: 13 1/3 in.
  • 33.8 cm

Provenance

Hermann Wunsche, Bonn
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, London, June 19, 2007, lot 469)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Maeght, Miró-Artigas, Terres de grand feu, 1956, no. 29

Literature

José Pierre & José Corredor-Matheos, Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, Paris, 1974, no. 269, illustrated p. 127
Francesc Miralles, Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, 1992, no. 710, illustrated p. 290
Josep Llorens Artigas, Joan Miró, Ceramics, Catalogue raisonné, 1941-1981, Paris, 2007, no. 293, illustrated p. 248

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Painted and glazed ceramic with a mottled green and black glaze. There are a few scattered nicks to the surface consistent with age. The surface is otherwise very well preserved,
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