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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Personnage et oiseaux dans la nuit
Details
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Personnage et oiseaux dans la nuit
signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed ‘Miró 7/XII/67 PERSONNAGE ET OISEAU DANS LA NUIT’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ in. (116 x 73cm.)
Painted on 7 December 1967
Personnage et oiseaux dans la nuit
signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed ‘Miró 7/XII/67 PERSONNAGE ET OISEAU DANS LA NUIT’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ in. (116 x 73cm.)
Painted on 7 December 1967
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by 1970.
Galleria Gustavo Mazzola, Milan.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1979, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galleria Gustavo Mazzola, Milan.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1979, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J.J. Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, p. 183 (illustrated; titled ‘Character and bird in the night’).
M. Tapié, Joan Miró, Milan, 1970, no. 115, p. 22 (titled ‘Personaggio e Uccello nella notte’).
A. Cirici, Miró-Mirall, Barcelona, 1977, no. 106, p. 241 (illustrated p. 101; titled ‘Personaje y pájaro en la noche’).
R.M. Malet, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1983, no. 83, p. 128 (illustrated ; titled ‘Personaje y pájaro en la noche’).
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, vol. IV, 1959-1968, Paris, 2002, no. 1270, p. 210 (illustrated).
M. Tapié, Joan Miró, Milan, 1970, no. 115, p. 22 (titled ‘Personaggio e Uccello nella notte’).
A. Cirici, Miró-Mirall, Barcelona, 1977, no. 106, p. 241 (illustrated p. 101; titled ‘Personaje y pájaro en la noche’).
R.M. Malet, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1983, no. 83, p. 128 (illustrated ; titled ‘Personaje y pájaro en la noche’).
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, vol. IV, 1959-1968, Paris, 2002, no. 1270, p. 210 (illustrated).
Exhibition
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Miró, July – September 1968, no. 96 (illustrated ; titled ‘Personnage et oiseau dans la nuit’).
Barcelona, Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Miró, November 1968 – January 1969, no. 102.
Barcelona, Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Miró, November 1968 – January 1969, no. 102.
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