Makemono

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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Makemono
lithograph in colours, 1950-55, on natural Chanton silk, an unsigned proof aside from the edition of fifty, the colours very bright and fresh, published by Maeght, Paris, 1956, in very good condition, rolled as a scroll (as issued), with stained, beech batons, and a Macassar ebony case by Antoine Brac de Perrière, Lyon, with the artist's name in marquetry on the lid (the batons and box not original)
Image & Sheet 415 x 10,000 mm. (approx.)
Box 590 x 145 x 90 mm.

Provenance

Jean Brochier, Lyon; presumably a gift from the artist.
Christie's, Paris, 9 November 2010, lot 124.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Paul Wember, Joan Miro - The Graphic Work, exh. cat., Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, 1957, no. 183 (another impression illustrated).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Jean Brochier was the owner of the prominent silk-weaving workshop in Lyon who supplied the beautiful Chanton silk used for the Makemono scroll. In a letter to Brochier, dated 9/2/57, Miro effusively praises the quality of the material, admiring 'its impeccable execution, a veritable masterpiece of Lyonese craftsmanship'. The lot is accompanied by an original letter by Miro to Brochier; as well as several facsimiles of other letters relating to their collaboration.

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