Joan Miro

Peinture (Étoile Bleue)

Found at Sothebys, London
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 10
19. Jun - 19. Jun 2012
Estimate: 15.000.000 - 20.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 23.561.250 GBP
Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
PEINTURE (ÉTOILE BLEUE)
signed Miró and dated 1927 (lower right); signed Joan Miró and dated 1927 on the reverse
oil on canvas
115.5 by 89cm.
45 5/8 by 35in.
Painted in 1927.
André Lefèvre, Paris (sold: Palais Galliéra, Paris, 25th November 1965, lot 65) | Private Collection, France (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Aguttes, Paris, 21st December 2007, lot 150) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

A top price for Joan Miró

The work Peinture (Étoile Bleue) by Joan Miró was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2012. It achieved a price of GBP 23,561,250.00 (€ 29,174,436.97), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 18%. With this result, Peinture (Étoile Bleue) is even the most expensive work of art by Joan Miró that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Joan Miró

Die Arbeit Peinture (Étoile Bleue) von Joan Miró kam im Juni 2012 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 23.561.250,00 (€ 29.174.436,97) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 18%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Peinture (Étoile Bleue) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Joan Miró, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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