Women and Birds

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Women and Birds
Artist Joan Miró
Year 1963

Women and Birds (Spanish : Femmes et Oiseaux) is a painting by the Catalan artist Joan Miró. In February 2014 it was expected to be sold at auction for between $6.5m and $11.5m, but the auction was cancelled. [1]

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Joan Miró Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist

Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981.

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