Joan Miró (1893-1983), Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit

Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit
signed ?Miró? (lower right); signed again, dated and titled ?MIRO.26/III/68 FEMME ET OISEAUX DANS LA NUIT? (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
63¾ x 51 1/8 in. (161.5 x 130 cm.)
Painted on 26 March 1968

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Galerie Melki, Paris (no. 270).
Galería Theo, Madrid, by 1975.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1978; Christie?s, London, The Art of the Surreal, 23 June 2010, lot 54 (£5,193,250).
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.