Femme, enfant, oiseau

Details

Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme, enfant, oiseau
signed, dated and inscribed 'Miró novbre. 1956 à Hélène et Peter Bellew avec toute mon affection' (along the lower edge)
watercolour and brush and black ink on paper
20 1/8 x 25¼in. (51 x 64cm.)
Executed in November 1956

Provenance

Peter Bellew, to whom given by the artist in December 1956, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Sold with a photo-certificate by Jacques Dupin, dated Paris, le 12 mai 98.
The letter (illustrated) accompanying this lot was written by Miró to Peter Bellew in December 1956. It reads: 'passez chez Maeght quand vous aurez un moment, j'ai deposé quelque chose pour l'UNESCO et pour vous', explaining that he had left the present work at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, as a Christmas present for Peter and Hélène.

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