Joan Miró Color Lithograph Cover for "Derrière le Miroir," 1971

Item Details

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893 – 1983)
Untitled, 1971
Color lithograph on paper
Signed in plate to the lower right
Cover from Derrière le Miroir, no. 193 – 194
Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris
Printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris

Literature
Patrick Cramer, Joan Miró: The Illustrated Books, no. 145

Miró was born in 1893 in Barcelona, Spain and received his formal education at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. He became friends with Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Ernest Hemingway, Max Ernst and Paul Klee. Miró was accepted as a Surrealist in Paris with the recognition of some of the greatest artists of our times.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- vertical creasing and minor discoloration down center of print where the paper has been previously folded; light scratching, toning, and particulates to print and paper; minor scratching and particulates to frame.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; image measures 21.5" W x 14.5" H.

Item #

ITMG754801