Joan Miró Double-Page Color Lithograph for "Derrière le Miroir," 1956

Item Details

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893 – 1983)
Untitled (“Terres de Grand Feu”), 1956
Color lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Derrière le Miroir, no. 87 – 89
Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris
Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris

Literature
Patrick Cramer, Joan Miró: The Illustrated Books, no. 34

Miró was born in Barcelona, Spain during 1893 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.

Condition

- vertical creasing and faint discoloration down the center of print where the paper has been previously folded; light toning and flecks of debris to print and paper; negligible scratching to frame.

Dimensions

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

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

Item #

ITMG868883