Joan Miró Femme, étoile

Property from the Collection of Helene and Zygfryd Wolloch
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983

Femme, étoile
signed Miró (lower left); titled and dated 11/v/65 (on the verso)
gouache, watercolor and brush and ink on paper
28 ½ by 12 ⅛ in.
72.4 by 30.8 cm.
Executed on 11 May 1965.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper and hinged to a supporting card in multiple places along the perimeter of the verso. The left edge of the sheet is lightly deckled, and there are artist's pinholes in all four corners. The sheet is lightly time-stained and undulates due to the artist's application of media. A few nicks to the extreme left edge of the sheet. The media is vibrant and well-preserved. A few small hairline cracks in the thick areas of yellow pigment at center. The work is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1988, lot 223

Acquired from the above by the present owner