Westvaco

Details

Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Westvaco
signed and dated 'miró octobre 1954.' (lower right)
gouache, brush and ink and collage on paper
10 1/8 x 14½ in. (25.7 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1954

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the family of the previous owner; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23 February 2001, lot 154.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

The West Virginia Paper Company, Westvaco, Inspirations for Printers, no. 200, 1954 (illustrated on the cover).

Exhibited

New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1996.

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Jacques Dupin.

Westvaco, the West Virginia Paper Company, commissioned Miró to design this work as the cover of one of its promotional magazines in 1954.

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