Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 7, 2024 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | 114 | $****** - ****** | Oiseau, insecte, constellation |
paintings
128.9 x 96.5 cm (50.75 x 38 in)
oil on canvas
signed ‘Miró" (centre right); signed again, dated and inscribed ‘ MIRÓ. 2/III/74. Oiseau - - insecte, Constella = tions" (on the reverse)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by 1975 and until at least 1987.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Hakoné Museum, Gôra, Japan.
Private Collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby"s, New York, 4 November 2014, lot 32.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Paris, Grand Palais, Joan Mir ó , May - October 1974, no. 210, p. 146 (illustrated).
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Mir ó, Paintings & Sculpture, 1969-1974 , April 1975, no. 26 (illustrated).
Wichita, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Joan Miró, Paintings and Graphics , September - November 1978.
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Mir ó, Selected Paintings , March - June 1980 , no. 45, p. 94 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, June - August 1980.
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Mir ó in America , April - June 1982, no. 32 (illustrated).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Joan Mir ó , November 1986 - February 1987, no. 167 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, February - April 1987.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joan Mir ó, A Retrospective , May - August 1987, no. 145, p. 243 (illustrated p. 242).
W. Erben, Joan Mir ó, The Man and His Work , Cologne, 1998, p. 214 (illustrated p. 215).
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Mir ó, Catalogue raisonn é , vol. V, Paintings. 1969-1975 , Paris, 2003, no. 1599, p. 203 (illustrated).
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Oiseau, insecte, constellation
signed ‘Miró" (centre right); signed again, dated and inscribed ‘ MIRÓ. 2/III/74. Oiseau - - insecte, Constella = tions" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
50 ¾ x 38 in. (129 x 96.5 cm.)
Painted on 2 March 1974
