Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation

Details

Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation
signed 'Miró' (lower right); dated and titled '26/II/77. Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation' (on the reverse)
pencil and pastel on paper
11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (30 x 21.9 cm.)
Drawn on 26 February 1977

Provenance

Galería Alfredo Melgar, Madrid.
Galerie Anne Gregory, Sydney, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1988.

Exhibited

Sydney, Galerie Anne Gregory, Joan Miró, October - November 1988, no. 11.

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Lot Essay

ADOM (Association pour la défense de l'œuvre de Joan Miró) has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

‘I feel the need to achieve maximum intensity with minimal means. That's what led me to give my painting an ever sparer character.’
Miró, quoted in Y. Taillandier, 'Miró: I Work Like a Gardener', pp. 423-28, in exh. cat., Joan Miró: 1893-1983, Barcelona, 1993, p. 427.

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