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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2022 | Tête et oiseau | 1 | Bonhams | London | |||
sculpture
137.2 cm (54 in)
bronze on a wooden plinth
signed and numbered 'Miro 1/6' (to the right of the head) and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Paralleda' (to the right of the base)
Private collection.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above); their sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2007, lot 76.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale).
Exh. cat., Miró: The Last Bronze Sculptures, 1981-83, New York, 1987, no. 3 (another cast illustrated on the cover).
Exh. cat., Miró en las colecciones del Estado, Madrid, 1987, no. 99 (another cast illustrated p. 114).
Exh. cat., Miró: Gemälde, Plastiken, Zeichnungen und Graphik: Werke aus den Kunstsammlungen des spanischen Staates, Frankfurt, 1988, no. 99 (another cast illustrated p. 130).
Exh. cat., Miró: El sueño interrumpido, Paris, 1988, no. 35 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Joan Miró, a retrospective, London, 1999, no. 49 (another cast illustrated p. 71).
Exh. cat., Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten, Ludwigshafen, 2000, no. 70 (another cast illustrated p. 117).
Exh. cat., Pierre Matisse and His Artists, New York, 2002 (another cast illustrated p. 292).
E.F. Miró & P.O. Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 376 (another cast illustrated p. 349).
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Tête et oiseau
signed and numbered 'Miro 1/6' (to the right of the head) and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Paralleda' (to the right of the base)
bronze on a wooden plinth
137.2cm (54in). high
Conceived by 1975, this bronze version cast by the Fundició Parellada in 1981 in an edition of 9 numbered 0, 1/6-6/6, plus two nominative casts.
