Lot Essay
The present lot is one of thirteen unique proofs on this support, aside from the edition of fifty plus a few artist's proofs, published by Maeght, Paris.
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Details
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
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signed 'Miró (lower right) and numbered 'XI/XIII' (lower centre)
gouache over lithographic plate on vellum
plate: 11 ¼ x 9 in. (28.5 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 18 ½ x 35 1/8 in. (47 x 89 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Sans titre
signed 'Miró (lower right) and numbered 'XI/XIII' (lower centre)
gouache over lithographic plate on vellum
plate: 11 ¼ x 9 in. (28.5 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 18 ½ x 35 1/8 in. (47 x 89 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Provenance
Acquired in 2007; sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2014, lot 258.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Dupin, Miró graveur, vol. I, 1928-1960, Paris, 1984, p. 91 (lithographic plate illustrated).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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