Joan Miró Personnages devant le soleil
Property from a Prestigious European Collection
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Personnages devant le soleil
signed Miró (upper right); signed JOAN MIRO, titled "Personnages devant le soleil" and dated 2/XII/1938. (on the reverse)
India ink, gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
24,7 x 14,5 cm; 9¾ x 5¾ in.
Executed on December 2, 1938.
Provenance:
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 1957, lot 616
Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation, Zürich (acquired at the above sale)
Christie's, London, 10 February 2005, lot 514 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature:
Jacques Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, vol. II, Barcelona, 2010, no. 857, p. 40, illustrated in colour
Property from a Prestigious European Collection
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Personnages devant le soleil
signed Miró (upper right); signed JOAN MIRO, titled "Personnages devant le soleil" and dated 2/XII/1938. (on the reverse)
India ink, gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
24,7 x 14,5 cm; 9¾ x 5¾ in.
Executed on December 2, 1938.
Provenance:
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 1957, lot 616
Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation, Zürich (acquired at the above sale)
Christie's, London, 10 February 2005, lot 514 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature:
Jacques Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné. Drawings, vol. II, Barcelona, 2010, no. 857, p. 40, illustrated in colour
