Joan Miró - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, June 27, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 299, p. 247 (plaster version illustrated)
    Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró: Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 356, pp. 333 and 387 (another example illustrated, p. 333)

PROPERTY FROM THE MILES AND SHIRLEY FITERMAN COLLECTION

Ο131

Personnage et oiseau

incised with the artist's signature and number '1/6' left lower edge; further stamped with the Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini, Verona, foundry mark right lower edge
bronze
64.4 x 71.1 x 38.1 cm (25 3/8 x 27 7/8 x 15 in.)
Conceived in 1978, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
£70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠

Sold for £62,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019