FEMME ET OISEAUX, Joan Miró

1893 - 1983

signed Miró (lower left); signed Joan Miró, titled and dated Varengeville s/mer 13/IV/1940 on the reverse
gouache and oil wash on paper
38 by 46cm.
15 by 18 1/8 in.
Executed in Varengeville-sur-Mer on 13th April 1940.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Mr & Mrs Lee Ault, New York (acquired from the above in 1946)

Mrs Hildegard Ault Helm (Mrs Rolf Tjeder), East Hampton (acquired from the above by 1958)

Mr & Mrs Jan Mitchell, New York (acquired by 1964)

Mr & Mrs Michael Helm (sold: Sotheby?s, New York, 22nd October 1980, lot 83)

Joseph Wolpe Fine Arts, South Africa (purchased at the above sale)

Gillian M. Menter, Illinois (sold: Sotheby?s, London, 26th June 1984, lot 47)

Private Collection, Europe (purchased at the above sale)

Thomas Ammann Fine Arts, Zurich

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987