拍品专文
James Johnson Sweeney is remembered as one of the most eminent and influential directors of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1935-1946), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1952-1960) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (1961-1968). Not only was he an erudite art historian, author and critic, he was a champion and beloved friend of many artists including Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger, whose works figured into his superb personal collection of modern art.
(fig.) Dedication from Miró to James Johnson Sweeney and his wife on their 50th anniversary on the verso of the present work.
(fig.) Dedication from Miró to James Johnson Sweeney and his wife on their 50th anniversary on the verso of the present work.