JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Composition I, from: The Breakers | Les Brisants, 1958
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 19 x 14 cm. / 7.5 x 5.5 in.
Image size: 13.5 x 9.5 cm. / 5.3 x 3.7 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist ”Miró” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 15 artist’s proofs, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 65, it was printed and published in 1958 by Crommelynck and Dutrou, Paris and published by Guy Lévis Mano, Paris in the same year.
Literature: Cramer, P. (1989). Joan Miró – The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Patrick Cramer
Reference: Cramer Books 46
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging adhesive, verso.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Composition XI, from: Barcelona, 1972/73
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours with Carborundum on Guarro Wove Paper
Paper size: 70.5 x 105 cm. /27.8 x 41.3 in.
Additional Information: This etching and aquatint in colours with carborundum in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin.
The work is part of a series of thirteen etchings titled “Barcelona” and created between 1972 and 1973.
It was printed by J.J. Torralba, Barcelona, in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions plus ten HC (hors commerce) [out of trade] proofs numbered in Roman numerals.
The series was published by Sala Gaspar, Barcelona.
The paper bears the watermark of the publisher at the lower right corner, verso.
Provenance: Private collection, Sweden (acquired in the 1980’s)
by descent, Private collection, London.
Note: Sala Gaspar was founded in 1909 by Joan Gaspar Xalabarder as a frame and mirror shop. He soon began exhibiting the work of his artist friends, the generation of Catalan modernist painters, Elisha Meifrén, Ramon Casas, and Isidre Nonell. After the Spanish Civil War, his son Miguel Gaspar Paronella took over the business with his cousin Joan Gaspar, and expanded the gallery in 1944. The ‘50s marked a turning point in the history of the gallery, with the discovery of Clavé, which would be the first exhibition of a very long friendship and joint career. It was also in the ‘50s when “Gaspares” met Pablo Picasso, who organized the first exhibition in Spain after the civil war in 1955. From that exhibition occurred many more with the artist, 1960 being the most relevant for the quality, quantity, and significance of the works exhibited.
Literature: Dupin, J. (1989). Miró Engraver, Vol. II 1961-1973. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 602
Condition: Good condition. Minor areas of pale staining across the sheet. Areas of paper discoloration in the upper and lower image.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Newspaper | Le Journal, 1972
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 74.5 x 53 cm. / 29.3 x 20.9 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin.
The work was printed and published by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris in 1972.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the upper right corner.
Provenance: Private collection, London
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1982). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. IV 1969-1972. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 836
Condition: Very good condition. Minor staining along the right sheet edge from previous hinging. Handling creases along the lower margin.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Untitled (Fernando Gutiérrez) | Sans titre, 1964
Technique: Unique Signed and Dedicated Drawing in Crayon on Paper
Size: 35 x 44 cm. / 13.8 x 17.3 in.
Additional Information: This colourful unique crayon drawing is hand signed and dedicated by the artist in pencil “à Fernando Gutiérrez / Cordialement Miró” across the sheet.
The dedication and drawing is on the folded double-page justification from Joan Miró, Obra inèdita recent. Barcelona: Sala Gaspar, Galeria Metrás i Belarte, December 1964.
It is additionally inscribed “H.C.” hors commerce [out of trade].
Provenance: Fernando Gutiérrez
Galería Cortina, Barcelona
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity from the Association pour la défense de l’œuvre de Joan Miró (ADOM).
Condition: Excellent condition.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Untitled (Mauro Pejla) | Sans titre, 1970
Technique: Unique Signed, Dated and Dedicated Drawing in Crayon with Pen on Paper
Size: 19.8 x 19.8 cm. / 7.8 x 7.8 in.
Additional Information: This colourful unique drawing is hand signed, dedicated and dated by the artist in blue ballpoint pen “à Mauro Pejla Miró. 6/XI/70” at the lower margin.
Provenance: Mauro Pejla, Italian Collection. a gift from the artist.
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity from the Association pour la défense de l’œuvre de Joan Miró (ADOM).
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet lightly toned at the edges. Remnants of adhesive tape, verso.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Night Guardian | Le gardien de nuit, 1971
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dedicated Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 123.5 x 91.6 cm. / 48.6 x 36 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right margin.
It is also dedicated in pencil “à René Le Moigne”, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 30.
It was printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris and was published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1971.
Provenance: A gift from the artist to the printer, René Le Maigre who worked for Galerie Maeght in Paris.
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1982). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. IV 1969-1972. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 695
Condition: Excellent condition.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Red Mouse with Mantilla | Souris rouge à la mantille, 1975
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 138.5 x 96 cm. / 54.5 x 37.8 in.
Image size: 114.5 x 74 cm. / 45 x 29 in.
Additional Information: This original aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at lower left corner.
It was printed by Morsang, Paris, and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, in a limited edition of 50 impressions. There were also a few hors commerce [out of trade] proofs aside the regular edition.
Literature: Dupin, J. (1991). Miró Engraver, Vol. III 1973-1975. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 751
Condition: Excellent condition.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Ustashi | L’Oustachi, 1978
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours with Carborundum on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 138 x 96.5 cm. / 54.3 x 38 in.
Image size: 114.2 x 75 cm. / 45 x 29.5 in.
Additional Information: This original aquatint in colours with carborundum is hand signed in white crayon by the artist “Miró” at the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin.
Additionally, it has been authenticated by Rosa Maria Malet, director of the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona and dated ’10/IV/2014’, verso.
It printed by Morsang, Paris and was published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1978
Note: The Ustashi is a Croatian word that means ‘The Rebel’ or ‘The Insurgent’.
This important and large work rarely comes to the market. We have found it was offered in public auction only 7 times in the past 30 years.
Literature: Dupin, J. (2001). Miró Engraver, Vol. IV 1976-1983. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 1000
Condition: Very good condition. Some pale unobtrusive time-staining across the sheet. Pinpoint foxing in the margins.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Interior and Night | Intérieur et nuit, 1969
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Wallpaper
Paper size: 95.5 x 54.5 cm. / 37.6 x 21.5 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left image.
It was printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1969.
Note:
During 1969, the artist experimented with printing lithographs on a diverse array of materials. This included, wood, gingham cloth and as is the case with this work, a pre manufactured wallpaper.
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1977). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. III 1964-1969. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 542
Joan Miró (1893-1983) studied art at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and at the Academia Gali. His parents would rather have seen him taking a job as a serious businessman. He even took business classes in 1907 parallel to his art classes. Miró worked as an accountant for nearly two years until he had a nervous breakdown. His parents finally accepted their son´s choice of a career as an artist without giving him too much support. In the beginning of his career Miró tried different painting styles like Fauvism and Cubism. In 1920, he made the first of a series of trips to Paris. In 1921 he settled permanently in the French capital. He met Pablo Picasso and many of the other great painters and artists living in Paris – the center of arts in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. From 1924 on, Miró joined the circle of the Surrealist theorist André Breton. His painting style took a turn to Surrealism. His comrades were André Masson and Max Ernst. But he never integrated himself completely into this group dominated by André Breton. He remained an outsider. By 1930 the artist had developed his own style. Miró art is hard to describe. It is characterized by brilliant colors combined with simplified forms. Joan Miró integrated elements of Catalan folk art into his works. He liked to compare his visual arts to poetry. In the 1930s the artist’s fame and recognition became international. From 1940 to 1948 he was back in Spain. During this period he experimented in different media; sculpture, ceramics and murals. In 1947, he came to the United States for the first time. He had several solo shows. The most important one was a retrospective at the MoMA in 1951 and in 1959. In 1954 he won a prize at the Venice Biennale. Miró was a disciplined, hard working and modest man. In spite of international recognition, his financial situation was tense. After World War II, his first trip to the USA pushed his popularity and the market value of his art work. In 1956 Miró could finally move into the villa of his dreams, located in Palma de Majorca. The new home was built in an ultra-modern style typical for the avant-garde architecture of the fifties. In 1992 it was transformed into the Miró Museum open to the public. Miró was a dedicated printmaker who worked in lithographs and etchings with carborundum. Miró is among those modern artists like Picasso or Chagall whose works were published in editions targeted at a collector audience, making Miró’s art available for art lovers around the world.
Joan Miró (1893-1983) studied art at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and at the Academia Gali. His parents would rather have seen him taking a job as a serious businessman. He even took business classes in 1907 parallel to his art classes. Miró worked as an accountant for nearly two years until he had a nervous breakdown. His parents finally accepted their son´s choice of a career as an artist without giving him too much support. In the beginning of his career Miró tried different painting styles like Fauvism and Cubism. In 1920, he made the first of a series of trips to Paris. In 1921 he settled permanently in the French capital. He met Pablo Picasso and many of the other great painters and artists living in Paris - the center of arts in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. From 1924 on, Miró joined the circle of the Surrealist theorist André Breton. His painting style took a turn to Surrealism. His comrades were André Masson and Max Ernst. But he never integrated himself completely into this group dominated by André Breton. He remained an outsider. By 1930 the artist had developed his own style. Miró art is hard to describe. It is characterized by brilliant colors combined with simplified forms. Joan Miró integrated elements of Catalan folk art into his works. He liked to compare his visual arts to poetry. In the 1930s the artist\'s fame and recognition became international. From 1940 to 1948 he was back in Spain. During this period he experimented in different media; sculpture, ceramics and murals. In 1947, he came to the United States for the first time. He had several solo shows. The most important one was a retrospective at the MoMA in 1951 and in 1959. In 1954 he won a prize at the Venice Biennale. Miró was a disciplined, hard working and modest man. In spite of international recognition, his financial situation was tense. After World War II, his first trip to the USA pushed his popularity and the market value of his art work. In 1956 Miró could finally move into the villa of his dreams, located in Palma de Majorca. The new home was built in an ultra-modern style typical for the avant-garde architecture of the fifties. In 1992 it was transformed into the Miró Museum open to the public. Miró was a dedicated printmaker who worked in lithographs and etchings with carborundum. Miró is among those modern artists like Picasso or Chagall whose works were published in editions targeted at a collector audience, making Miró\'s art available for art lovers around the world.
