Title: |
Starscene |
Artist: |
Miro, Joan (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983) |
Date: |
c. 1970 |
Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
Note: |
Joan Miro: One of the most creative artists of the
twentieth century, Joan Miro is as highly regarded for his lithographic
art as for his paintings and sculpture. After the conclusion of World
War One, Joan Miro traveled to Paris where he first was influenced by Cubism.
Yet his infatuation with Cubism was short lived and Miro quickly became
a leading exponent of both Dadaism and the Surrealist movement. |
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Most of Joan Miro's early masterworks are derived from either
dreams or hallucinations -- the guiding elements of Surrealism. In an
1948 interview, however, he related, "Nowadays I rarely start a picture
from a hallucination. What is most interesting to me today is the material
I am working with. It supplies the shock which suggests the form just
as cracks in the wall suggested shapes to Leonardo." * One must therefore
learn to read and interpret Joan Miro almost as if one were studying the symbolic
meanings of hieroglyphics. Of all the giants of modern art, Miro is surely
the great delineator of our collective unconscious. (H. J. Wechsler, Great
Prints & Printmakers, New York, Leon Amiel, 1977, p. 225). |
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During his career, Joan Miro created many original lithographs
and etchings. Some were printed in small, hand-signed editions while others
were created in large editions ranging from one to two thousand impressions,
mostly for periodicals such as Verve and Derriere le Mirror.
Starscene belongs to the latter category. Like the large majority
of Miro's lithographic art, Starscene was probably printed by the famous
Paris printer, Mourlot. |
Size: |
14 X 23 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon fine, hand-made paper bearing the 'Arches'
watermark and with full deckled margins as published in Paris around 1970.
Signed by the artist in the stone (lower right margin). It is a finely
printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Starscene
represents a prime, original example of the most famous lithographic art
of Joan Miro. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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