Joan Miró (1893-1983), Peinture

Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Peinture
signed and dated 'Joan Miró 4.4.33.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 63 ¾ in. (129.8 x 161.9 cm.)
Painted on 4 April 1933

Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist, by 1936).
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Maitland, Los Angeles (by 1941).
Lee Ault & Company, Inc., New York (by 1959).
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, June 1980.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass

Literature
J. Dupin, Joan Miró: Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1961, p. 511, no. 332 (illustrated).
P. Gimferrer, The Roots of Miró, New York, 1993, pp. 166, 169 and 362, no. 577 (illustrated in color, p. 168, fig. 323).
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, 1931-1941, Paris, 2000, vol. II, p. 76, no. 420 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim, Dernières oeuvres de Miró, October-November 1933.
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Joan Miró, November-December 1936, no. 13 (illustrated).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Joan Miró, November 1941-January 1942, p. 58 (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and Buffalo, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Miró: Selected Paintings, March-August 1980, p. 70, no. 21 (illustrated in color).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1983 (on loan).
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, March-May 2015, p. 40, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 41).