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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
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signed, dated and dedicated 'à Patricia Matisse, très cordialement, Miró. 26 juin 1950' (center)
colored wax crayons on paper
15 x 11 1/8 in. (38 x 28.2 cm.)
Drawn on 26 June 1950

Provenance

Pierre and Patricia Matisse, New York (gift from the artist).
Pierre-Noël Matisse, Paris (by descent from the above).
By descent from the above to the late owner.

Literature

J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, Paris, 2010, vol. II, p. 212, no. 1244 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The present work is drawn on the frontispiece of Tristan Tzara's 1948 publication Parler seul: poème, lithographies de Joan Miró, which the artist dedicated before gifting the work to Patricia, Pierre Matisse's wife.

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