JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Atmosphere Miró | Atmosfera Miró, 1959
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 32.5 x 25 cm. / 12.8 x 9.8 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered from the edition of 160, at the lower left corner.
It was printed by Mourlot, Paris and was published by Editorial RM, Barcelona.
This lithograph was included in the book ATMÓSFERA MIRÓ by James Johnson Sweeney.
Another example of this work can be found in the collection of the Met Museum, New York
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Literature:
1. Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1975). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. II 1953-1963. Geneva: Weber
Reference: 258
2. Cramer, P. (1989). Joan Miró – The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Patrick Cramer
Reference: Cramer Books 52
Condition: Excellent condition.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Cheerleader | Majorette, 1978
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 99 x 72.5 cm. / 39 x 28.5 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 75, at the lower left margin.
This lithograph was printed by Litografías artísticas Damià Caus, Barcelona and was published by Galería Maeght, Barcelona in 1978 in a limited edition of 75 signed and numbered impressions.
There were also 24 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions hand signed and numbered with Roman numerals.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1992). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. VI 1976-1981. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 1169
Condition: Very good condition. Tipped to the backing board along the upper section, verso. Very pale, unobtrusvie and even time-staining across the sheet.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Large Cave Paintings VII | Gran Rupestres VII, 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with Aquatint in Colours on Guarro Wove Paper
Paper size: 92 x 69.5 cm. / 36.2 x 27.4 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in white pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in Roman numerals and inscribed, at the lower left image. Our impression is one of 15 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions aside from the standard edition of 30.
It was printed by Joan Barbarà, Barcelona, and published by Maeght, Barcelona
This is the seventh plate of seven for the series Gran Rupestres.
The paper bears the Guarro watermark in the upper right corner.
Note:
Miró contacted Joan Barbarà, whom he had met earlier in Crommelynck’s and Dutrou’s studio in Paris. Before beginning the Gaudí series, Miró thought it advisable to have a test run and adapt himself to Barbarà’s way of working. They both worked very freely, allowing for much experimentation. Out of this came several series, each with a clear character of its own, and all masterfully executed. Unlike most of Miró’s production, for which he usually chose titles in French, the titles for these series were in Catalan.
Els Rupestres (1977) and Grans Rupestres (1977) are two print series that recreate the primitive, vivid atmosphere of prehistoric mural paintings.
Miró had visited the Altamira caves with ceramist Artigas when he was searching for ideas to develop in the murals commissioned for the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, which he completed in 1958. Almost twenty years later, he once again drew on the gestural and synthetic qualities of cave painting with even greater synchrony than before.
Literature: Dupin, J. (2001). Miró Engraver, Vol. IV 1976-1983. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 1059
Condition: Excellent condition.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Revolt of the Letters | La Révolte des Caractères, 1982
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 32.2 x 25 cm. / 12.7 x 9.8 in. (folded as issued)
Image size: 19.5 x 15.8 cm. / 7.7 x 6.2 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 “38/100” at the lower left margin.
The work was printed by Joan Barbarà, Barcelona and published in 1982 by Fata Morgana, Montpellier in a limited edition of 100 hand signed and numbered impressions.
There were also 25 Hors Commerce [out of trade] impressions numbered in Roman numerals.
Literature: Dupin, J. (1991). Miró Engraver, Vol. IV 1976-1983. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 1171
Condition: Excellent condition. Very pale, unobtrusive time-staining around the image.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Old Irishman | Le vieil irlandais, 1969
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours with Carborundum on Wove Paper
Paper size: 104.7 x 69.8 cm. / 41.2 x 27.5 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and 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 75, at the lower left margin.
It was printed by Morsang, Paris and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1969.
Provenance:
Martin Lawrence Galleries, Dallas, Texas
Private collection, Dallas, Texas.
Literature: Dupin, J. (1989). Miró Engraver, Vol. II 1961-1973. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 521
Condition: Good condition. Minor nicks along the left and right sheet edges in the deckle edge. Two short tears in the lower right sheet edge. Remnants of hinging, verso.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Composition I, from: Gaudí, 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with Aquatint on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 76 x 45 cm. / 30 x 17.7 in.
Additional Information: This original etching with aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” in the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, in the lower left image.
The work was part of Miró’s important series “Gaudí” that included 21 different etchings.
It was printed in a limited edition of 50 hand signed and numbered impressions. There were also 15 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions.
It was printed by Joan Barbarà, Barcelona and published by Maeght, Barcelona in 1979.
Note: After Miró had established his printing studio in his Son Boter studio in 1975, he was able to start his major project: a print series dedicated to the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, a figure he greatly admired.
Miró met Gaudi during his adolescence while he was attending drawing classes at the Cercle de Sant Lluc. Miró greatly admired this Catalan Modernist architect, considering Gaudí’s work among his sources of inspiration.
Miró decided to prepare this series carefully in advance before proceeding. In order to “be in shape”, as he described it, he produced together with the engraver Joan Barbarà a variety of works such as Enrajolats, La commedia dell’arte, Rupestres, Personatges i estels and La gran rodona.
The Gaudí series comprises 21 prints in which Miró used all conceivable resources, ranging from traditional techniques to the most innovative methods, such as etching, sugar-lift aquatint, carborundum, embossing, and collage. Miró worked from a series of preliminary sketches and originals made with pencil, pastel, ink, gouache, and collage. The original designs for the Gaudí series were finished before Barbarà began his collaboration with Miró. All the matrices that were used for this series were copper plates, some plated with nickel. The creative process for this series took place at the Son Boter studio beginning in 1976; it was then printed in Barcelona in 1979, in an edition of 50. The result of this process is a gallery of images in which the sobriety of the black hues contrasts with the palette of blues, reds, yellows, and greens. All of these colours often configure a sort of multi-shaped, uneven grid whose changing geometry suggests the kaleidoscopic, irregular mosaic work used by Gaudí to envelop his architectural elements.
The Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró holds all the original designs that were used as a starting point for this series, as well as a large number of plates and colour proofs.
Literature: Dupin, J. (2001). Miró Engraver, Vol. IV 1976-1983. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 1060
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Trace on Water | Tracé sur l’eau, 1963
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Portfolio with one Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint on Rives Wove Paper and 14 watercolours offsets on Onion Skin Marais Paper
Paper size: 28.6 x 71 cm. / 11.2 x 27.9 in.
Image size: 20.5 x 58 cm. / 8 x 22.8 in.
Additional Information: This original aquatint 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 100, at the lower left margin. It was printed in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on wove paper.
The aquatint was printed by Maeght, Levallous-Perret.
This portfolio also contains 14 watercolour offsets printed on Marais onion skin paper in the workshops of Maeght Publisher. The watercolours were realised by hand on a lithographic press with their original dimensions and on the same paper.
The portfolio itself is also hand signed in red pencil “Miró” on the justification page.
Literature:
1. Dupin, J. (1989). Miró Engraver, Vol. II 1961-1973. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 350.
2. Cramer, P. (1989). Joan Miró the Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 82
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Well-Maker | Le Puisatier, 1969
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours with Carborundum on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 106.5 x 68 cm. / 42 x 26.8 in.
Image size: 99 x 60 cm. / 39 x 23.6 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours with carborundum is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, in the lower left margin.
It printed by Morsang, Paris and was published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1969.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower right corner.
Literature: Dupin, J. (1989). Miró Engraver, Vol. II 1961-1973. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 516
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: Composition IX, from: The Essences of the Earth | Les Essencies de la Terra, 1968
Technique: Unique Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph with Hand-colouring on Japon Nacré Paper
Paper size: 49.5 x 36 cm. / 19.4 x 13.9 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph with hand-colouring 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 100, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is one of 100 impressions with additional hand-colouring by the artist. Each one of them slightly different creating unique works. In this particular example the black crayon drawing is particularly extensive.
It is part of the “Les Essències de la Terra” [The Essence of the Earth] a portfolio of nine plates Miró realised to illustrate Juan Perucho’s book of eight Old Catalan texts.
The lithograph was printed in 1970 by Atelier Mourlot, Paris and published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona in the same year.
Provenance: Private collection, New York.
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1977). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. III 1964-1969. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 514
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.
