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.