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JOAN MIRÓ | Sans titre
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Joan Miró
- Sans titre
- Signed Miró and dated 1950 (on the verso)
- Color lithograph with pencil on paper
- 14 3/4 by 10 7/8 in.
- 37.5 by 27.5 cm
- Executed in 1950.
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, New York
Acquired by the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections by inheritance from the above in 2016
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, New York
Acquired by the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections by inheritance from the above in 2016
Literature
Jacques Dupin, Miró, Paris, 2004, no. 311, illustrated p. 289
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, vol. II, Paris, 2012, no. 1239, illustrated p. 210 (with incorrect medium)
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, vol. II, Paris, 2012, no. 1239, illustrated p. 210 (with incorrect medium)
Condition
The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. There are pinholes in all four corners and also at the center of each edge. The sheet is hinged to a window mat at two places along the upper edge of its verso. There is an extremely faint mat stain around the extreme perimeter of the sheet. There are three spots of foxing scattered throughout the sheet.
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
"The older I get and the more I master the medium, the more I return to my earliest experiences. I think that at the end of my life I will recover all the force of my childhood." Joan Miró