09-11-200909-12-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2470Boston
September 11, 2009 12:00 PMCalender
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Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Image from SUITE: LA BAGUE D'AURORE

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$5,925$5,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2470Location: BostonDate / Time: September 11, 2009 12:00PM

Description:

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

Image from SUITE: LA BAGUE D'AURORE, 1957, from the hand-colored edition of 12 (Dupin, 132). Signed "Miró." in pencil l.r., numbered "III/XII" in pencil l.r., label from the Far Gallery, New York, on the reverse. Aquatint in black with drawing by the artist on Rives paper with watermark, plate size 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.4 x 14.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Mat burn, staining from backing and transfer, deckled left and lower edges, lower margin folded over 4 3/4 inches beneath the plate mark.

Provenance: Estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso, Essex, Connecticut.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

The color was applied by the artist in crayon. The condition is as previously described. The sheet measures 15 x 11in.

Keywords

Far Gallery, Connecticut, Essex, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt