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JOAN MIRÓ | Sans titre (Personnage surréaliste)
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Joan Miró
- Sans titre (Personnage surréaliste)
- signed Miró., dated 6.3.38. and dedicated à Henriette, en toute amitié (upper right)
- pen and brush and ink and wash on the inside front cover of Anatole Jakovski & Jacques Povolozky, Arp, Calder, Hélion, Miró, Pevsner, Seligmann, Paris, 1938
- 18 by 13.5cm., 7 by 5 3/8 in.
- Executed on 6th March 1938.
Provenance
Henriette & André Gomès, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Monaco (sale: Sotheby's, London, 9th December 1997, lot 464)
Sale: Mallet Japan, Tokyo, 30th November 2012, lot 300
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, Monaco (sale: Sotheby's, London, 9th December 1997, lot 464)
Sale: Mallet Japan, Tokyo, 30th November 2012, lot 300
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, Paris, 2010, vol. II, no. 870, illustrated in colour p. 47
Condition
Executed on the inside front cover of a book and laid down on panel which is in turn laid down on a larger panel. There are some nicks along the right hand edge and some minor losses to the upper right and lower left edges. This work is in overall very good 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."