Figure and Stars I | Personatge I Estels V
MIRÓ, Joan (1893-1983)

JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983

Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)

Title: Figure and Stars I | Personatge I Estels V, 1979

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint with Collage on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 90.5 x 63 cm. / 35.6 x 24.8 in.

Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint with collage is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right edge.

It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left edge. There were also 15 Hors Commerce [out of trade] proofs aside from the standard edition.

It was printed by Joan Barbarà, Barcelona in 1979 and was published by Galerie Maeght, Barcelona in 1979.

This work is the first composition from the ‘Personatge i Estels’, [Figure and Stars] suite of seven etchings and aquatints with collage. The paper bears the Arches watermark.

Provenance: Schaeffer Editions, New York. (acquired 1980)

Literature: Dupin, J. (2001). Miró Engraver, Vol. IV 1976-1983. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong. Reference: Dupin 1088

Condition: Very good condition. The sheet attached to a supporting card.