Lot #2719: JOAN MIRO - Portrait of a Woman - Color pencils drawing on paper

Artist: Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893 - 1983).
Title: "Portrait of a Woman".
Medium: Color pencils drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1979.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (257 x 183 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right; dated in pencil, lower left. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Miro in Barcelona in 1979. A noted Italian art historian, art dealer, and art collector, Urbano Quinto acquired works from classical artists of the 20th Century as well as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and other Pop and Graffiti artists, often directly from the artists themselves during the 1950’s through the 1980’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity by Urbano Quinto pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Miro image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30560-2-8000]