Joan Miró *

(Montroig 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca)
Maternité, 1981 (cast, conceived 1956 in ceramic), signed and numbered 5/6 Fonderia artistica Bonvicini, Verona on the base, bronze, 53 x 31 x 17 cm
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Ariane Mainaud, Paris, 1 February 2017.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Spain
Private Collection, Switzerland

Literature:
Emilio Fernandez Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. cat. rais. 1928–1982, no. 381 (with ill.)
Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró, Life & Work, Paris, 1961, illustration of the ceramic version p. 450
Jacques Lassaigne, Miró, Lausanne, 1963, illustration of the ceramic version in color p. 106
National Museum of Modern Art, Joan Miró exh.-cat., Tokyo, 1966, illustration of the ceramic version p. 160
Fondation Maeght, Sculptures de Miró, céramiques de Miró et Llorens Artigas, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1973, illustration of the ceramic version p. 50
José Pierre & José Corredor-Matheos, Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, Paris, 1974, no. 248, illustration of the ceramic version p. 36
Francesc Miralles, Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, 1992, no. 708, illustration of the ceramic version p. 289
Joan Punyet Miró & Joan Gardy Artigas, Joan Miró & Josep Llorens Artigas, Ceramics, Catalogue raisonné, 1941–1981, Paris, 2007, no. 268, illustration of the ceramic version p. 225
Specialist: Joëlle Romba