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Joan Miró
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Joan Miró
- Paysage et tête d'animal
- Signed Miró (toward upper right); signed Joan Miró, titled and dated 11/9/35 (on the verso)
- Gouache and brush and ink on paper
- 12 by 14 1/2 in.
- 30.5 by 36.9 cm
Provenance
Henry McBride, New York
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Galleries, Reno
Claude Kechichian, Paris
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva
Private Collection, Luxembourg (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2008, lot 363)
Acquired at the above sale
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Galleries, Reno
Claude Kechichian, Paris
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva
Private Collection, Luxembourg (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2008, lot 363)
Acquired at the above sale
Literature
Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue Raisonné, Drawings, 1901-1937, vol. I, Paris, 2008, no. 522, illustrated in color p. 254
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper which has been hinged to a window mat along the extreme upper edge of its verso. There are pinholes at the four corners, the center of the left edge and the middle of the top edge. There is a repaired tear at the top center edge as well as minor repaired tears and nicks at the extreme upper left and upper right corners. There are several water stains scattered throughout, inherent to the artist's process. The work is in good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Working in Barcelona on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, Miró executed a series of paintings and gouaches, on board, copper masonite and paper, which he referred to as peintures sauvages, representing his foray into a world inhabited by ominous and primitive forces.
Just as Picasso assembled recurring symbols from his oeuvre to compose a potent image of the physical devastation resulting from the war, Miró drew upon his lexicon of hybrid creatures and Catalan environs to give voice to the emotional battle endured by the Spanish people before the war began. Yet Miró's artistic response was not merely a direct reflection of the evils around him. Rather, he often intended his peintures sauvages as expressions of hope and affirmations of life instead.
In the present work the figurative imagery is less exaggerated than in many of the other works from the period. The black, orange and green colors of the flag, which appears at half-mast, remind us of the Catalan landscape, dear to the artist's heart.
The first owner of this work was Henry McBride, an influential American art critic, an early supporter of the modernist movement and friend to Marcel Duchamp and Henri Matisse.
Just as Picasso assembled recurring symbols from his oeuvre to compose a potent image of the physical devastation resulting from the war, Miró drew upon his lexicon of hybrid creatures and Catalan environs to give voice to the emotional battle endured by the Spanish people before the war began. Yet Miró's artistic response was not merely a direct reflection of the evils around him. Rather, he often intended his peintures sauvages as expressions of hope and affirmations of life instead.
In the present work the figurative imagery is less exaggerated than in many of the other works from the period. The black, orange and green colors of the flag, which appears at half-mast, remind us of the Catalan landscape, dear to the artist's heart.
The first owner of this work was Henry McBride, an influential American art critic, an early supporter of the modernist movement and friend to Marcel Duchamp and Henri Matisse.