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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Sans titre
signed 'Miró.' (lower right)
gouache over woodcut on paper
22¼ x 17 7/8 in. (56.7 x 45.4 cm.)
Executed in 1965

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Acquired from the above in 1969; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1989, lot 221.
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 2006; sale, Christie's, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 216.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity from ADOM (Association pour la défense de l'oeuvre de Joan Miró).

The present work is one of a series of gouaches and watercolours over woodcuts created by Joan Miró to complement the album Femmes. The album, with accompanying text by Claude Simon, was published by Galerie Maeght in 1965.

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