JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Tête

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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Tête
signed and numbered 'Miró 1/2' (on the back); stamped with foundry mark 'FONDICIO VICTORIA PARELLADA BARCELONA' (on the right side)
bronze with gray and brown patina
Height: 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1968
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (by 1970).
Acquavella Modern Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 2007.
Literature
J.J. Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, nos. 199-201 (another cast illustrated in color; titled Sculpture).
A. Jouffroy and J. Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, p. 233, no. 106 (another cast illustrated).
Fundacio Joan Miró, ed., Obra de Joan Miró: Dibuixos, pintura, escultura, ceràmica, tèxtils, Barcelona, 1988, p. 409, no. 1504 (another cast illustrated).
E.F. Miró and P.O. Chapel, Joan Miró: Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, p. 138, no. 126 (another cast illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró: Sculpture in Bronze and Ceramic, 1967-1969, May 1970, no. 16 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Miró Sculptures, October 1971-May 1972, no. 66.

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