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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, auction house workers adjust Joan Miro's 1968 oil painting &quot;Women and Birds&quot; which has an estimated sale price of 4-to-7 million pounds ($6.5 million to $11.5 million), in a room with other works by Miro, at Christie's auction house in central London. Portugal is hoping a master of surrealism can help taxpayers recoup some of the millions they lost rescuing a failed bank. The government is selling 85 works by Spanish artist Joan Miro that became public property when Banco Portugues de Negocios was nationalized in 2008. Christie's in London, which is handling the two-day sale starting Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, describes the collection as &quot;one of the most extensive and impressive offerings of works by the artist ever to come to auction.&quot; (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Legal concerns foil Portugal’s art sale ambitions

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Dali portrait on offer in surrealist auction

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

"The Farm," 1921-1922 (National Gallery of Art)

‘Ladder of Escape’ celebrates the range of Joan Miro

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Miro's "La Ferme" ("The Farm"), crowded with nostalgic images of the area, shows the house from the side. Ernest Hemingway bought it, and his widow donated it to the U.S. National Gallery of Art. (Photo provided by The National Gallery of Art)

Spanish artist Miro’s farm needs tender, loving care

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times