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AN EYE FOR THE SUBLIME: THE RENKER COLLECTION
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983) AND JOSEP LLORENS ARTIGAS (1892-1980)
Tête personnage
Details
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983) AND JOSEP LLORENS ARTIGAS (1892-1980)
Tête personnage
signed 'Miró ARTIGAS' (lower left side)
painted earthenware with glaze
11 x 14 ¼ x 8 5⁄8 in. (28 x 36 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1968; this work is unique
Tête personnage
signed 'Miró ARTIGAS' (lower left side)
painted earthenware with glaze
11 x 14 ¼ x 8 5⁄8 in. (28 x 36 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1968; this work is unique
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, Zurich.
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Acquired from the above on 27 January 1971, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Acquired from the above on 27 January 1971, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Perucho, Joan Miró y Cataluña, Barcelona, 1970, no. 145, pp. 204 & 266 (illustrated p. 205 in course of execution).
J.J. Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, nos. 217 & 218 (illustrated; titled 'Character').
J. Pierre & J. Corredor-Matheos, Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, Paris, 1974, no. 351, p. 229 (illustrated p. 171).
F. Miralles, Llorens Artigas, Cátalogo de obra, Barcelona, 1992, no. 903, p. 336 (illustrated; titled 'Character').
J. Punyet Miró & J. Gardy Artigas, Joan Miró, Josep Llorens Artigas, Ceramics. Catalogue raisonné, 1941-1981, Paris, 2007, no. 374, p. 313 (illustrated).
J.J. Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, nos. 217 & 218 (illustrated; titled 'Character').
J. Pierre & J. Corredor-Matheos, Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, Paris, 1974, no. 351, p. 229 (illustrated p. 171).
F. Miralles, Llorens Artigas, Cátalogo de obra, Barcelona, 1992, no. 903, p. 336 (illustrated; titled 'Character').
J. Punyet Miró & J. Gardy Artigas, Joan Miró, Josep Llorens Artigas, Ceramics. Catalogue raisonné, 1941-1981, Paris, 2007, no. 374, p. 313 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Miró, July – September 1968, no. 195 (illustrated).
Barcelona, Fondation Maeght, Miró, July - September 1968, no. 199 (illustrated; titled 'Personnage').
Barcelona, Recinto del Antiguo Hospital de la Santa Cruz, Miró, November 1968 – January 1969, no. 237, p. 156 (illustrated pl. 47; titles 'Personaje').
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Joan Miró, March – May 1969, no. 238 (illustrated; titled 'Figur').
Barcelona, Fondation Maeght, Miró, July - September 1968, no. 199 (illustrated; titled 'Personnage').
Barcelona, Recinto del Antiguo Hospital de la Santa Cruz, Miró, November 1968 – January 1969, no. 237, p. 156 (illustrated pl. 47; titles 'Personaje').
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Joan Miró, March – May 1969, no. 238 (illustrated; titled 'Figur').
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