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LOT 699:
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Sold for: €600
Start price:
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Estimated price :
€400 - €600
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist. A.L.S., Miro, one page, 4to, Palma, Mallorca, 13th May 1962, on his personal printed stationery, thin embossed paper, in French. Miro writes to a friend and reports on his daily work with the Ceramicist Artigas and confirms he will pick up his correspondent at the airport, stating in part `…j´ai beaucoup travaillé chez Artigas ces quelques mois, pour vous dire que je vous attendrai aved joie à l´aérogare de Palma le Samedi 19 à 15h15. Dommage que vous ne puissiez pas rester le soir pour aller gouter une bonne paella…´ (Translation: `I have worked a lot at Artigas these few months, to tell you that I will be waiting for you with joy at the Palma terminal on Saturday 19th at 3:15 p.m. What a pity that you can't stay in the evening to taste a good paella…´) VG
Josep Llorens I Artigas (1892-1980) Spanish Ceramicist and Critic of art. Artigas and his friend Joan Miró worked together on several well-known large ceramic murals, including those at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, Harvard University, the Barcelona airport and the one on the main façade of the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Madrid.
