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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Lot 318 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JAMES O. FAIRFAX AC

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Paysage animé II

Closed28 February 2018

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GBP 56,250

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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Paysage animé II
signed 'Miró' (lower right); dated, titled and numbered '27/VII/76. Paysage animé 12/VII/76. VIII/71. II' (on the reverse)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
15 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (39.9 x 64.8 cm.)
Executed in August 1971 and 12-27 July 1976

Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1993.

Specialist note

'At the beginning, it’s a straightforward thing. It’s the material that decides. I prepare a background, by cleaning my brushes on the canvas, for example. Pouring a little gasoline will do just as well. If it’s for a drawing, I crumple the paper. I wet it. The running water outlines a shape.’
Miró, quoted in exh. cat., Joan Miró: 1893-1983, Barcelona, 1993, p. 415.