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Femme, étoile
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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Femme, étoile
signed 'Miró' (lower centre); signed, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró Femme, étoile x Barcelone, 28-10-1942.' (on the reverse)
gouache and crayon on paper
19 5⁄8 x 25 1⁄2 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
Painted in October 1942
Femme, étoile
signed 'Miró' (lower centre); signed, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró Femme, étoile x Barcelone, 28-10-1942.' (on the reverse)
gouache and crayon on paper
19 5⁄8 x 25 1⁄2 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
Painted in October 1942
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2002, lot 399.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2002, lot 399.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, vol. II, 1938-1959, Paris, 2012, no. 1002, p. 111 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Madrid, Galería Theo, Miró, obras de 1916 a 1976, December 1989, no. 13 (illustrated; titled 'Personage sur fond jaune').
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