Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property from a Private Collection
Personnage gothique, oiseau éclair
Auction Closed
May 16, 12:52 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Personnage gothique, oiseau éclair
inscribed with the signature, numbered 1/2 and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Arcueil, Paris
bronze
Height: 177 ⅛ in.
450 cm.
Conceived in 1976 and cast in 1990.
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Irma and Norman Braman Art Foundation (acquired in 1998 from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 4 November 2014, lot 50 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Joan Miró , 1974, p. 160, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Peintures, sculptures, dessins, ceramiques, 1979, p. 190, illustration of another cast
Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris 1980, no. 289, p. 200, illustration of another cast in color
Exh. Cat., Milan, Castello Sforzesco, Sala della Balla, Joan Miró: Milano; pittura, Scultura, Ceramica, Desegni, Sobreteixims, Grafica, 1981, p. 105, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Madrid, Centro Reina Sofia and Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miró, Miró escultor, 1986-87, p. 150, illustration of another cast
Pierre Gimferrer, The Roots of Miró, Barcelona 1993, no. 594, p. 305, illustration in color of another cast
Barbara Catoir, Miró on Mallorca, Munich-New York 1995, p. 73
Franco Basile, Joan Miró, Bologna 1997, p. 255, illustration of another cast
Emilo Fernández Miró & Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris 2006, no. 339, p. 321, illustration of another cast
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