The Lady Playing Checkers | La Dame aux Damiers
MIRÓ, Joan (1893-1983)

JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983

Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)

Title: The Lady Playing Checkers | La Dame aux Damiers, 1969

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Checked Cloth laid on Wove Paper

Paper size: 85 x 60.5 cm. / 33.4 x 23.8 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right corner.

It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left corner.

It was printed in 1969 in a limited edition of 75 signed and numbered impressions.

It was printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1969.

Note: The central motif of this work is used in three works created in 1969, yet only this subject is printed directly onto material and mounted to paper.

Literature: Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1977). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. III 1964-1969. Geneva: Weber. Reference: Mourlot 544

Condition: Very good condition. A minor crease in the cloth in the upper image, originating during the creative process. Remnants of hinging tape along the upper sheet, verso.