JOAN MIRO 1893-1983
Montroig 1893- 1983 Mallorca (Spanish)

Title: Plate 5 from Series II, 1952-53

Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching with Aquatint in colours on Arches paper

Paper Size: 50.5 x 65.5 cm / 19.9 x 25.8 in

Plate Size: 37.6 x 45.5 cm / 14.7 x 18 in

Additional Information: The work is hand signed by the artist "Joan Miro" in pencil at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil “3/13” on the lower left margin.
It was published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, in 1952-53 in a very small limited edition of only 13 impressions.
It was etched at the Atelier 17 in June 1947 in New York and printed by Atelier Lacouriere, Paris.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.

Note: This work belongs to the second of six series of etchings which Miró made in 1952 and 1953.
The first and second series are more closely related in terms of imagery than the subsequent series.
Both present boldly and broadly drawn figures reminiscent of some of the ceramics Miró was making with Artigas at the time, while retaining the sense of fluidity characteristic of Miró's biomorphic forms of this period.
In particular, a number of motifs are to be found in an unpublished set of engravings of 1947 which surround the poems of Ruthven Todd.
Another impression of this same print can be found in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.

Literature: Jacques Dupin & Ariane Lelong-Mainaud. Miro graveur - Volume 1: 1928-1960. Paris: Lelong, 1984
Reference: D 87

Condition: Excellent Condition.