Joan Miró - 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Maeght, Paris
    Private Collection, Paris
    Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
    Christie's, New York, November 7, 2001, lot 213
    Ruth O'Hara, New York (acquired at the above sale)

  • Literature

    James Johnson Sweeney, Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1970, pp. 184-185 (another example illustrated)
    Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1973, no. 108, p. 199 (another example illustrated)
    Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 108, p. 233 (another example illustrated)
    Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 129, p. 140 (another example illustrated)

Property from the Estate of Ruth O’Hara

119

Tête

incised with the artist's signature and number "Miró 2/2" and stamped with the Fundició Parellada, Barcelona foundry mark on the base
bronze with gray patina
23 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 9 in. (59 x 21.5 x 23 cm)
Conceived in 1968 and cast by Fundició Parellada, Barcelona, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3 numbered 0 to 2/2, plus 1 nominative cast.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $60,480

Contact Specialist

John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261

jmccord@phillips.com

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York 8 December 2020