JOAN MIRO 1893-1983

Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)

Title: Daphnis and Chloe, 1933

Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Etching on Arches vellum paper

Paper Size: 64 x 50 cm / 25.1 x 19.6 in

Image Size: 25 x 32 cm / 9.8 x 12.5 in

Additional Information: This Etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Miro" in the lower right margins,

as well as Hand Numbered in pencil at the lower left margins"27/100". It is dated in pencil next to the signature "1933".

The etching was printed in 1933 in a limited edition of 100 signed and numebered impressions by Atelier Lacouriere, Paris and published by Teriade, Paris. There were a further 10 artist proofs aside the regular edition printed on Japan paper.

Another impression of this etching can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

It was through contact with Surrealist poets and painters in Paris in the 1920s that Joan Miró evolved his visual language of signs. With curvilinear lines and biomorphic shapes, he sought to meld the realm of the unconscious to essential life forms, veering toward abstraction but always maintaining links to humanity, nature, and the cosmos.

Literature: Dupin, Jacques, Lelong-Mainaud, Ariane. 2001. Miró Engraver: 1928-1960, Vol. I. Paris: Lelong/Weber.

Reference: Dupin 9

Condition: Very Good condition.