11547_01

JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983

Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)

Title: The Convict and his Companion | Le Bagnard et sa Compagne, 1975

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Mandeure Wove Paper

Paper size: 120.7 x 159.4 cm. / 47.5 x 62.8 in.

Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand-signed in white 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. There were also a small number of hors commerce impressions. It was printed in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris, in 1966 and it was published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in the same year. The paper bears the Canton de Mandeure watermark along the lower margin.

Provenance: Miriam Crohn Slavin, Maryland (1928-2021) Literature: Dupin, J. (1991). Miró Engraver, Vol. III 1973-1975. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.

Reference: Dupin 749

Condition: Very good condition. Very slight rippling to the sheet edge.