Joan Miró Color Lithograph Cover for "Derrière le Miroir," 1959

Item Details

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893 – 1983)
Untitled (cover), 1959
Color lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Cover from Derrière le Miroir, no. 107 – 109
Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris

Literature
Patrick Cramer, Joan Miró: The Illustrated Books, figure 51

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.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

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

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; visible image measures 21.75" W x 14.5" H.

Item #

ITMG985467