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Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Etude pour 'Derrière le miroir', Zephyr Bird

Price realised GBP 433,250
Estimate
GBP 250,000 – GBP 350,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Etude pour 'Derrière le miroir', Zephyr Bird

Price realised GBP 433,250
Closed: 24 Jun 2008
Price realised GBP 433,250
Closed: 24 Jun 2008
Details
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Etude pour 'Derrière le miroir', Zephyr Bird
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated 'fraternellement Miró. Juin 1956.' (in the margin, lower left)
watercolour, wax crayon and pencil on paper
19 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (50.6 x 64.5 cm.)
Executed in June 1956
Provenance
Pentimento, San Francisco.
Galerie de l'Ile de France, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 231.
Private collection, Japan, by 1990, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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