Joan Miró

Spanish · 1893–1983 · Painter, Printmaker

Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist from Spain. (Wikipedia)

Email alerts for new results and upcoming sales

$22,590,000≈ £17,658,094≈ €19,982,309Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumFemme dans la nuitPhillips20182,918lots offered1995–2026years recorded88%sold (2,275)$3.8kSign up free to seemedian price

8 works by Joan Miró with an auction history (offered more than once) →

11 works by Joan Miró coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

Show prices also in

Femme dans la nuitPhillips · Nov 2018$22,590,000≈ £17,658,094≈ €19,982,309Sign up to see
Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseauxPhillips · Nov 2019$4,580,000≈ £3,566,700≈ €4,164,772Sign up to see
Personnage et oiseauxPhillips · Nov 2023$889,000≈ £723,117≈ €828,982Sign up to see

Joan Miró’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Coming up at auction

11 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house

Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.

All filters

Longest side– Editioned With imagesReset

2,671 results · page 24 of 67

Passacaille (Dupin 457)
Etching · Paper · ed. HC
11.4" h x 7.75" w
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 18, 2022 · Lot 47
$1,300≈ £1,068≈ €1,227HammerSign up free to seeEst. $600–900View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Escultor Portugal
Lithograph
15 x 7.25 inches, framed: 14 x 22 inches (sheet)
Michaan's Auctions · Dec 17, 2022 · Lot 250
$308≈ £253≈ €290Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Michaan's Auctions ↗
Sobre Paper Exhibition Catalogue
Lithograph
12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.3 cm)
Bonhams · Dec 6, 2022 · Lot 37
$191≈ £157≈ €182Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Bonhams ↗
Paysage Meurtrier
Etching · ed. 15/30
4.25 x 3 in
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Dec 4, 2022 · Lot 20
$5,670≈ £4,611≈ €5,381$4,500 + $1,170 premiumSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–8,000View at Helmuth Stone Gallery ↗
Femme
Sculpture
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Dec 3, 2022 · Lot 530
$43,520≈ £35,457≈ €41,298Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
Untitled
Etching
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Dec 3, 2022 · Lot 784
$4,480≈ £3,650≈ €4,251Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
Le cracheur de flammes, 1974
Aquatint · ed. HC
113,2 × 74,2 cm
Grisebach · Dec 2, 2022 · Lot 517
€20,000≈ $21,076≈ £17,171Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €15,000–20,000View at Grisebach ↗
Joueur de bugle aux oiseaux, 1973
Aquatint · Paper
66,7 × 93,3 cm
Grisebach · Dec 2, 2022 · Lot 518
€8,750≈ $9,221≈ £7,512Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–8,000View at Grisebach ↗
La mégère et la lune, 1973
Aquatint
46,2 × 55 cm
Grisebach · Dec 2, 2022 · Lot 519
€8,750≈ $9,221≈ £7,512Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–4,000View at Grisebach ↗
Fünf Abstrakte Kompositionen
Lithograph
Blattmaße ca. 31,5 x 50 cm
Auktionshaus Mehlis · Nov 26, 2022 · Lot 3972
€220≈ $228≈ £189HammerSign up free to seeView at Auktionshaus Mehlis ↗

Also offered, result not published (318)

Lots by Joan Miró that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Joan Miró paintings (7)Joan Miró oil paintings (7)Joan Miró works on paper (77)Joan Miró watercolors (10)Joan Miró gouaches (13)Joan Miró pastels (3)Joan Miró drawings (42)Joan Miró prints (2361)Joan Miró etchings (607)Joan Miró engravings (7)Joan Miró aquatints (195)Joan Miró drypoints (16)Joan Miró lithographs (1381)Joan Miró screenprints (4)Joan Miró woodcuts & linocuts (17)Joan Miró sculpture (28)

Joan Miró signature

1,682 catalogued lots by Joan Miró record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (67% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right251
in the plate55
in the margin21
along the bottom17
on the reverse16
lower left12

Form

signed1,481
signed in pencil146
signed and dated37
stamped signature9
monogrammed5
initialled4

Signed and dated “Miró 1950” on the reverse — Sans titre, Phillips, May 21, 2026
Signed lower right in pencil: Miro; editioned lower left; inscribed verso with unknown catalogue number: 147730.0005 (concealed) — Les Perseides (The Perseides): Plate 3, Leonard Joel, Apr 22, 2026
Incised with the artist's signature, number and stamped with the foundry mark 'Miró 2/6 Parellada' lower part — Tête de barbare, Phillips, Apr 16, 2026