LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.88 in. (114.00 cm.) (height) by 57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Miró 1950' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Joan Miró, June - November 1962, no. 87, p. 41 (titled 'Femme, lune, oiseaux'). Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Figuration et Défiguration: La figure humaine depuis Picasso, July - October 1964, no. 190, p. LXIII (illustrated p. 79; titled 'Femmes, lune, oiseaux').

Literature:

J. Prévert & G. Ribemont-Desaignes, Joan Miró, Paris, 1956, p. 172 (illustrated). J. Dupin, Joan Miró: Life and Work, London, 1962, no. 742, p. 556 (illustrated; dated '3 November 1950').J. Prévert, 'Joan Miró', in XXe Siècle, no. 24, December 1964. J. Perucho, Joan Miró y Catalun~a, Barcelona, 1969, no. 59, p. 86 (illustrated). G. Weelen, Miró, Paris, 1984, no. 202, p. 153.J. Dupin & A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings, vol. III, 1942-1955, Paris, 2001, no. 872, p. 162 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Maeght, Paris.Betty Barman, Brussels, by 1962.Galerie Interart, Zurich.Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners in January 1963.