Live Auction 7953Impressionist/ModernWorks on Paper
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Lot 213

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Westvaco

Closed10 February 2011

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GBP 121,250

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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Westvaco
signed and dated 'miró octobre 1954.' (lower right)
gouache, brush and ink and collage on paper
10 1/8 x 14½ in. (25.7 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1954

Acquired directly from the artist by the family of the previous owner; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23 February 2001, lot 154.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Jacques Dupin.


Westvaco, the West Virginia Paper Company, commissioned Miró to design this work as the cover of one of its promotional magazines in 1954.