Lot #564: JOAN MIRO - Retrato de Salvador Dali - Gouache, crayon, pastel, and charcoal drawing on paper

 

Artist: Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893 - 1983).
Title: "Retrato de Salvador Dali".
Medium: Gouache, crayon, pastel, and charcoal drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1934.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 x 12 5/8 in. (254 x 321 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in charcoal, upper center recto; annotated "Retrato de Salvador Dali" in pencil, recto; collector ink stamps and notary ink stamp, verso. Painted on thin cream wove paper. Good overall condition; very small marginal edge tears, not into image; paper is brittle and tanned; a few small fox marks, recto and verso; edge imperfections easily masked by framing. Please note that the frame pictured is a virtual image and the lot is being sold unframed. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Two recent auction sales of works comparable to our example are “Projet pour ‘Miro I Catalunya,’” gouache with ink and brush on paper, 10 5/8” x 10 7/16,” sold for $245,465 (£200,000) including premium at Sotheby’s London, 03/02/2017, lot #364; and “Composition,” 1975, gouache, ink, graphite, and pastels on paper, 9 7/8" x 12 5/8," sold for $99,505 (€88,400) at Cornette De Saint Cyr, Paris, 04/08/2019, lot #61. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30196-2-70000]