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"Hirondelle Amour"
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
Barcelona, late fall 1933-winter 1934. Oil on canvas, 6' 6 1/2" x 8' 1 1/2" (199.3 x 247.6 cm). Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
723.1976
One of four cartoons for tapestries commissioned by Marie Cuttoli, who, while she never owned the painting, kept it until 1946 [or until 1952]
Aimé Maeght, Paris. Acquired from Marie Cuttoli, by 1952
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Aimé Maeght by May 1955 [probably in 1952] - 1976
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1976
Hirondelle – Amour (Tapestry Cartoon)
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