Lot #1258: JOAN MIRO - Personnage - Oil on paper mounted on cardboard

 

Artist: Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893 - 1983).
Title: "Personnage".
Medium: Oil on paper mounted on cardboard.
Date: Composed 1963.
Dimensions: Overall size: 13 5/8 x 10 5/16 in. (346 x 262 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower left. Good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City. Comment(s): Although it was not a matrix that Miro used with great regularity, he composed many works on paper as well as ordinary cardboard, including “Femme et oiseaux devant le soleil” (1963), sale at Sotheby’s London in June of 2010, and “Personnage” (1963), sale at Sotheby’s New York in May of 2010. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29939-2-16000]