Joan Miró, Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseaux

signed "Miró" lower right; further signed, inscribed, titled and dated “19 Miró 1952 PAYSAN CATALAN INQUIET PAR LE PASSAGE D’UN VOL D’OISEAUX” on the reverse
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 28 5/8 in. (91.8 x 72.7 cm.)
Painted in 1952.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1954

Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Joan Miró: Oeuvres récentes, June 19 - August 1953, no. 19
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró: Recent Paintings, November 17 - December 19, 1953, no. 19, n.p. (illustrated)

Literature:
Jacques Dupin, Miró, Paris, 1961, no. 792, p. 544 (illustrated)
Jacques Dupin, Miró, Paris, 1993, no. 313, p. 292 (illustrated)
Jacques Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, vol. III, Paris, 2001, no. 901, p. 184 (illustrated)

Property from a Distinguished Family Collection