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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2018 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | 110 | $****** - ****** | Tête d'homme |
paintings
35.2 x 27.3 cm (13.88 x 10.75 in)
oil on panel
signed, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró. 9-32. "Tête d'homme."' (on the reverse)
Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by 1933.
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by 1962 until at least 1983.
Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Paris, Galerie Pierre Colle, Exposition Miró, December 1932.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paintings by Joan Miró, July 1933, no. 8, n.p..
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Joan Miró, Paintings, December 1933 - January 1934, no. 7, n.p..
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings by Joan Miró, March 1934, no. 4, n.p..
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Drawings and Pastels by Miró, June - August 1935.
Los Angeles, Stanley Rose Gallery, Joan Miró, October - November 1935.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cubism and Abstract Art, March - April 1936, no. 171, p. 217 (illustrated fig. 203, p. 184).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Joan Miró, January - February 1956, no. 36, n.p..
Basel, Kunsthalle, Joan Miró, March - April 1956, no. 33, p. 10.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Miró, July - September 1968, no. 23, n.p..
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Joan Miró, March - May 1969, no. 35 (illustrated).
Barcelona, Galería Maeght, Un Camí compartit: Miró-Maeght, December 1975 - January 1976, no. 21, n.p..
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Impactes, Joan Miró 1929-1941, November 1988 - January 1989, no. 17, p. 11 (illustrated p. 46).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Joan Miró, October 1993 - January 1994, no. 100, pp. 398-399 (illustrated pp. 187 & 399).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Joan Miró, 1917-1934, March - June 2004, no. 191, p. 398 (illustrated pp. 260 & 398).
Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Tàpies. An artist's collection, June 2015 - January 2016, no catalogue.
M. M., 'Pierre Matisse Exhibits Miro', in The Art News, vol. 32, no. 14, New York, 6 January 1934, p. 4.
E. Jewett, 'Three Exhibits Get Attention at Arts Club: Compositions of the Modernist Puzzle Critic', in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, 17 March 1934, p. 19.
J. Prévert & G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, Joan Miró, Paris, 1956, p. 124 (illustrated p. 125).
J. Dupin, Joan Miró: Life and Work, London, 1962, no. 318, pp. 249 & 526 (illustrated p. 313).
P. Gimferrer, Miró y su mundo, Barcelona, 1978, no. 59, p. 62 (illustrated p. 63).
R.M. Malet, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1983, no. 40, p. 127 (illustrated fig. 40).
A. Tàpies, El arte y sus lugares, Madrid, 1999, p. 382 (illustrated p. 383).
J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, vol. II, 1931-1941, Paris, 2000, no. 400, p. 60 (illustrated).
signed, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró. 9-32. "Tête d'homme."' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.2 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted in September 1932
