JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Personnages dans la nuit
Details
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Personnages dans la nuit
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'Joan Miró Personnages dans la nuit x Barcelona, 23-11-1942' (on the reverse)
charcoal, colored chalk and strawberry jam on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (49.5 x 64.1 cm.)
Executed on 23 November 1942
Personnages dans la nuit
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'Joan Miró Personnages dans la nuit x Barcelona, 23-11-1942' (on the reverse)
charcoal, colored chalk and strawberry jam on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (49.5 x 64.1 cm.)
Executed on 23 November 1942
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Charlotte Mack, San Francisco.
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles.
Stone collection, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1950.
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in January 1993; sale, Christie's, New York, 1 November 2011, lot 42.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Charlotte Mack, San Francisco.
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles.
Stone collection, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1950.
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in January 1993; sale, Christie's, New York, 1 November 2011, lot 42.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Daniel and M. Gale, ed., Joan Miró, The Ladder of Escape, in exh. cat., Tate Gallery, London, 2011, no. 70, p. 96 (illustrated).
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, vol. II, Paris, 2010, p. 119, no. 1022 (illustrated in color).
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, vol. II, Paris, 2010, p. 119, no. 1022 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1959 (on loan).
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