Personnage et oiseaux dans un paysage II

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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Personnage et oiseaux dans un paysage II
signed 'Miró' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed '29/VII/77. Personnage et oiseaux dans un paysage 10/III/73. II.' (on the reverse)
watercolour, brush and India ink and pastel on paper
17 ½ x 22 ½ in. (44.5 x 57 cm.)
Executed between 10 March 1973 and 29 July 1977

Provenance

Galerie Lelong, Paris & Zurich (no. 28280).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

Literature

J. Dupin & A.Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné: Drawings, vol. V, 1977, Paris, 2015, no. 3569, p. 137 (illustrated).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

"For me a form is never something abstract; it is always a sign of something. It is always a man, a bird, or something else. For me painting is never form for form's sake ..."
(Miró, quoted in J.J. Sweeney, 'Joan Miró; Comment and Interview', in Parisian Review, February 1948, reproduced, pp. 206-211, M. Rowell, ed., Joan Miró: Selected Writings and Interviews, London, 1987, p. 207).

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