Description:
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Image from the 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., a label from the Far Gallery, New York, on the reverse. Aquatint in black with crayon 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; to Skinner, Inc., Sale 2470, September 11, 2009, Lot 131; to the current private collection.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
The sheet measures 15 x 11in., and has broken brown paper hinges near the upper corners on the verso.
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