Property of the
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION
from the Estate of Nina Bunshaft Sold to Benefit
the Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions
in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
JOAN MIRO (1893-1983)
Details
JOAN MIRO (1893-1983)
Grande tête
signed, numbered and inscribed on the right side 'Miro 4/5 Susse Fondeur Paris'--bronze with green and gray patina
Height: 20 3/8in. (51.8cm.)
Original ceramic version executed in 1956; this bronze version cast in 1974, number four in an edition of five
Grande tête
signed, numbered and inscribed on the right side 'Miro 4/5 Susse Fondeur Paris'--bronze with green and gray patina
Height: 20 3/8in. (51.8cm.)
Original ceramic version executed in 1956; this bronze version cast in 1974, number four in an edition of five
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired by Nina Bunshaft, 1983)
Literature
J. Pierre and J. Corredor-Matheos, Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, Berne, 1974, no. 92 ( ceramic version illustrated, p. 101)
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.