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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Lot 317 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JAMES O. FAIRFAX AC

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation

Closed28 February 2018

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GBP 17,500

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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation
signed 'Miró' (lower right); dated and titled '26/II/77. Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation' (on the reverse)
pencil and pastel on paper
11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (30 x 21.9 cm.)
Drawn on 26 February 1977

Galería Alfredo Melgar, Madrid.
Galerie Anne Gregory, Sydney, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1988.

Specialist note

ADOM (Association pour la défense de l'œuvre de Joan Miró) has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

‘I feel the need to achieve maximum intensity with minimal means. That's what led me to give my painting an ever sparer character.’
Miró, quoted in Y. Taillandier, 'Miró: I Work Like a Gardener', pp. 423-28, in exh. cat., Joan Miró: 1893-1983, Barcelona, 1993, p. 427.