
The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection
La Mère Ubu
Estimate
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD
Lot Details
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The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection
Joan Miró
(1893 - 1983)
La Mère Ubu
inscribed Miró, numbered 3/4 and stamped with the foundry mark SUSSE FONDEUR. PARIS
bronze
height: 66 ½ in. 169 cm.
Conceived in 1975 in a numbered edition of 4 plus 1 artist's proof; this example cast circa 1977 by Susse Fondeur.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist in March 1977)
Acquired from the above on 25 April 1980 by the present owner
Exh. Cat., New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Miró, 1976, no. 26, frontispiece, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Miró, cent sculptures, 1962-1978, 1978, no. 97, illustration in color of another cast on the cover; p. 79, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Peintures, sculptures, dessins, céramiques, 1979, no. 306, p. 94, illustration of another cast; p. 190
Alain Jouffroy and Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 282, p. 203, illustration of another cast; p. 246
Exh. Cat., Milan, Palazzo Dugnani, Miró Milano, Pittura, Scultura, Ceramica, Disegni, Sobreteixims, Grafica, 1981, no. 249, p. 104, illustration of another cast
Jacques Dupin, Miró, New York, 1993, no. 406, p. 381, illustration in color of another cast
Barbara Catoir, Miró on Mallorca, New York, 1995, p. 92, illustration in color of another cast
Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 333, p. 314; p. 315, illustration in color of another cast
Jacques Dupin, Miró, Paris, 2012, p. 381, illustration in color of another cast
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