Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Joan Miro (1893-1983)

Femme et oiseau devant le soleil

Details
Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Femme et oiseau devant le soleil
signed and dated 'Miró 1944' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13¾ x 10 5/8 in. (35 x 27 cm.)
Painted in 1944
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
G.D. Thompson Collection, Pittsburgh.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, 1961.
Literature
J. Dupin, Joan Miró, Life and Work, New York, 1962, p. 544, no. 580 (illustrated in color, p. 353).
M. Gasser, Joan Miró, New York, 1965, p. 61 (illustrated in color).
W. Erben, Joan Miró 1893-1983, The Man and His Work, Cologne, 1988, p. 114 (illustrated in color).
J. Dupin, Miró, Paris, 1993, p. 264 (illustrated).
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, Paris, 2001, vol. III, p. 23, no. 664 (illustrated).
Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Art, New Directions in Modern Painting, July 1950.
Sale room notice
This painting is signed and dated 'Miró 1944' (on the reverse)

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