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Lot Description

Joan Miró

(Spanish, 1893-1983)

Untitled

, 1949

oil, watercolor, pastel crayon, and charcoal on paper

signed Miró and dated (verso)

13 x 10 inches.

Property from the Estate of John J. Reiss, sold to benefit the Lois Ehlert and John Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Frame verso bears a letter written by Joan Miró to John Reiss, dated July 31, 1962.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
John J. Reiss, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by 1962

Exhibited:
Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin Collects, September 24 - October 25, 1964

Literature:
Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró: catalogue raisonné: drawings, Paris, 2011, vol. 2, p. 185, no. 1184, illus.

Condition Report

Framed: 19 3/4 x 17 inches.

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