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

Joan Miró

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

Contact Specialist

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Head of Day Sale
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019

101
Nicolas Party
Panorama
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £162,500
102
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
103
Dana Schutz
Crapping, Braiding and Whistling
Estimate £170,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
104
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Full Moon in the Deep Forest)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £143,750
105
Eddie Martinez
Inside Thought
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £131,250
106
KAWS
UNTITLED (HTLD5)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £162,500
107
KAWS
KIMPSONS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
108
KAWS
KIMPSONS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
109
Nicolas Party
Untitled (Decorative Panel)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £193,750
110
Mernet Larsen
Cardplayers
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
111
Shara Hughes
Three's a Crowd
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £70,000
112
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £350,000 - 450,000 ‡
Sold for £495,000
113
Henry Taylor
Untitled (Self Portrait)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
114
Henry Taylor
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
115
Shio Kusaka
(pattern 3)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £11,250
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
Marlene Dumas
Strobe Lights + Flash Lights
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
118
Michaël Borremans
The Gap
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
119
William Kentridge
Anti-Entropy
Estimate £320,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £375,000
120
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Tiger Falls
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
121
Gerhard Richter
MV. 157
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £83,750
122
Yayoi Kusama
Autumn
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £60,000
123
Alexander Calder
Le Melon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £112,500
124
Alexander Calder
Sephora
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
125
Alexander Calder
Modele T (maquette)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £187,500
126
Niki de Saint Phalle
Dawn (bleue)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
127
Christo
Store Front (Mandarin Yellow)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
128
John Hoyland
11.10.68
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
129
Joan Miró
Personnage
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
130
Joan Miró
Femme
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
131
Joan Miró
Personnage et oiseau
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
132
Claes Oldenburg
Fagend Study
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
133
Agenore Fabbri
Forma IV
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
134
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
135
Alberto Biasi
Politipo
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
136
Agostino Bonalumi
Blue
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
137
Jorge Eielson
Quipus
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £37,500
138
Shozo Shimamoto
Palazzo Ducale 11
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
139
Massimo Campigli
Labirinto/Labirinto di vetro
Estimate £60,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
140
Henry Moore
Seventeen Reclining Figures
Estimate £25,000 - 40,000 ♠
141
Allen Jones
Parable of Our Time II
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
142
Henri Matisse
Nu aux bras levés
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,500
143
Fernand Léger
Les deux profils couleurs en dehors
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
144
Fernand Léger
Figure de femme
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
145
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
146
Bernar Venet
Related to: "Maximum Relative Error, Actual Relative Error"
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
147
Georges Mathieu
Valse Bleue
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
148
Hans Hartung
T1971-E45
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
149
Victor Vasarely
Lille-A
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
150
Sayed Haider Raza
Village au ciel orange
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
151
This lot is no longer available.
152
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Red with Yellow
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
153
Daniel Buren
PVC giallo − Quatre éléments. travail situé
Estimate On Request
154
Imi Knoebel
Tiger Woods
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
155
Jesús Rafael Soto
Gran Marrón
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £175,000
156
Victor Vasarely
Andromeda-NEG
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
157
John Baldessari
Word Chain: Faucet (Ilene's story)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 †
158
Kenneth Noland
American Black
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £75,000
159
Ed Ruscha
Zero
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
160
John Baldessari
Nose & Ears, Etc., Part III: Two Altered Persons (One with Yellow Nose)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £181,250
161
Matt Connors
Fifth Thirds
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
162
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
163
Glenn Ligon
Negro Sunshine #54
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
164
Henry Taylor
Eight works: Untitled (Painted Cardboard Boxes)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £42,500
165
Claire Tabouret
La combinaison noire
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
166
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
167
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
168
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £58,750
169
KAWS
GONE AND BEYOND A-3
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
170
KAWS
M8
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £325,000
171
David Salle
C.C.Q.L.
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
172
David Salle
Templeton
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
173
Christopher Wool
Three Women (Image I)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
174
Sherrie Levine
Loulou
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £41,250
175
Lorna Simpson
Twosomes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
176
Anne Imhof
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
177
Jana Euler
gossip rain, private and public painting
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
178
KAWS
CHUM (RUNNING)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
179
KAWS
FINAL DAYS
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
180
Dana Schutz
Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
181
Yoshitomo Nara
On the Peace Sign
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
182
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
183
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History Painting)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
184
Ibrahim Mahama
BK X
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
185
Danh Vo
We the People (detail)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
186
Oscar Murillo
Candi
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £212,500
187
Dan Colen
I Hate Work
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
188
Nate Lowman
Beach Bums
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
189
Damien Hirst
Love Sweetness
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
190
Oscar Murillo
26 Postures and 4 Savasanas Between London and Paris
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £287,500
191
Georg Baselitz
Straße
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £26,250
192
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
193
Karin Kneffel
Ohne Titel
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
194
A.R. Penck
Ohne Titel
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
195
Norbert Bisky
Usedom
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
196
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
197
Friedrich Kunath
Wish You Were Here
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
198
Shilpa Gupta
01:14.9
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
199
Jitish Kallat
Afterword (versions of a disappearing act)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
200
Atul Dodiya
Krishna Swallowing Forest Fire
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
201
Jagannath Panda
The Migrant
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
202
Thukral & Tagra
Kingdom Come I (Couple)
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ‡
203
Nalini Malani
Two works: (i) Time; (ii) Warriors & Green Worm
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
204
Yudi Noor
Breaking the Water Picture
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
205
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (Miss)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
206
Xu Zhen
Buddha's Warrior Attendant (Kepi)
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ‡
207
Yang Fudong
Yejiang/ The Nightman Cometh 1
Estimate £17,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
208
Yan Pei-Ming
Red Buddha
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
209
Yan Pei-Ming
Oncle aveugle
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
210
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
211
Alex Katz
Ariel
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
212
Robert Longo
Untitled (James)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
213
Tony Lewis
Darn, darn...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
214
Pavel Pepperstein
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
215
Gilbert & George
Coronation
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
216
Dexter Dalwood
The Liberace Museum
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
217
Bernard Frize
Riana
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
218
Tamuna Sirbiladze
Map 2 - Drug Picnic
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
219
Gary Hume
Bracelet
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
220
Chris Ofili
Actaeon Stag (Study for Diana & Actaeon)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
221
Raffi Kalenderian
Rachel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £16,250
222
Toby Ziegler
Study for Vitalis
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
223
Nam Tchun Mo
Spring 18-66
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £26,250
224
Bernard Frize
Verte
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
225
Xavier Veilhan
Untitled (Naked Woman)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
226
Tony Cragg
Over the Earth
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
227
Christopher Williams
Super Quadra Sul 308 - Bloco 'D' - Asa Sul (south wing) - 70.355 - BRASILIA-DF - Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, 1960 - January 31, 1997 (No.1 - 2)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
228
Wolfgang Tillmans
Shanghai Night, a
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
229
Andreas Gursky
Bangkok IX
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
230
This lot is no longer available.
231
Louise Lawler
Not Lizard
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
232
This lot is no longer available.
233
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Large Jackie White Splatter)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
234
Vik Muniz
Untitled Blue, after Yves Klein (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
235
Vik Muniz
The Scream, after Edvard Munch (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,000
236
Vik Muniz
Man and Puppet, after Edgar Degas
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £31,250
237
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £77,500
238
Damián Ortega
Continuous Fragment
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £52,500
239
Olafur Eliasson
Glass eye #C
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
240
Olafur Eliasson
Holo lamp
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
241
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Futurismo Silver)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £30,000
242
Jeppe Hein
This Artwork is Extremely Fragile...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £15,000
243
Ichwan Noor
Beetle Sphere
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
244
Pravdoliub Ivanov
Loaded
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
245
Christian Boltanski
Shadows from the Lessons of Darkness
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
246
Allan McCollum
Collection of 8 Plaster Surrogates
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £32,500
247
John Armleder
Arzou 1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £47,500
248
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting Intense Black Red Violet
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
249
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild from the 60th Painting Action
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
250
Gerhard Richter
Waldhaus (P18)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
251
Asli Özok
Two seconds
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £57,500
252
Julian Opie
Monique, businesswoman-housewife 11
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £40,000
253
Jeff Koons
Ballerinas (Wood)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
254
Vasily Klyukin
Dancing Fairy (Beatrice Gold)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
255
Toyo Ito
Golden Section
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
Sold for £40,000
256
Rafael Moneo
Golden Section
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £37,500
257
KAWS
BLAME GAME
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £103,750
258
KAWS
PIRANHAS WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
259
Kelley Walker
Marantz Model 6300 with Yellow Stripe
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
260No Reserve
KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for £5,625

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019

Provenance

Literature

Ο131

Joan Miró

Personnage et oiseau

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale