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A photo-certificate from Jacques Dupin dated Paris, 28 March 1990 accompanies this gouache.
Figure devant le soleil (Figure in front of the Sun)
Details
Joan Mir (1893-1983)
Figure devant le soleil (Figure in front of the Sun)
signed 'Mir' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'Joan Mir Figure devant le soleil Barcelone, 18-12-1942' (on the reverse)
gouache, pastel, brush and India ink on paper
25 x 18 in. (64.2 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in Barcelona, 18 December 1942
Figure devant le soleil (Figure in front of the Sun)
signed 'Mir' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'Joan Mir Figure devant le soleil Barcelone, 18-12-1942' (on the reverse)
gouache, pastel, brush and India ink on paper
25 x 18 in. (64.2 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in Barcelona, 18 December 1942
Provenance
Robert Elkon, New York
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 175 Felix Vercel, Paris
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 175 Felix Vercel, Paris