Joan Miro (1893-1983)

Pour "Romeo et Juliette"

Price realised USD 425,000
Estimate
USD 350,000 – USD 550,000
Closed: 6 Nov 2014
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Joan Miro (1893-1983)

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Price realised USD 425,000
Closed: 6 Nov 2014
Price realised USD 425,000
Closed: 6 Nov 2014
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Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Pour "Romeo et Juliette"
signed, dated and dedicated ‘Miró Mai 1926 A mon ami le Prince Schervachidze [sic] qui a si admirablement intérpreté ma peinture et charmé mon sejour à Monte-Carlo’ (lower right) and titled ‘Romeo et Juliette’ (lower left)
gouache, brush and black ink and white chalk on buff paper
25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.2 cm.)
Executed in May 1926
Provenance
Prince Alexandre Shervashidze, Paris (gift from the artist).
Serge Lifar, Paris.
Daniel Saidenberg, New York; sale, Christie’s, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 146.
Private collection, New Jersey (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 206.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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