JOAN MIRO

Untitled, for Au Paradis des Fantômes (see D. 41)

細節

JOAN MIRO
Untitled, for Au Paradis des Fantômes (see D. 41)
the original drawing in ink and colored chalks, 1938, on cream wove paper, signed in ink, the incised celluloid, five progressive color proofs of the etching and the final state in colors on folded sheets of yellow wove paper, blue Montval or cream wove paper, all signed in pencil and inscribed '1ere etat i/i une planche', '2ieme etat i/i sur deux planches', '3ieme etat i/i', '4ieme etat i/i', '5ieme etat i/i' and 'epreuve d'essai' respectively, printed by Marcoussis, the full sheets, folded, pale time staining, otherwise in very good condition (8)

來源

Louis Marcoussis, acquired from the artist
By descent

拍品專文

This extraordinary small group illustrates the techniques employed by Miro early on in his printmaking career. In the production of these prints he was ably assisted by Louis Marcoussis with whom he had also collabrated on Portrait de Miró (Dupin 31; Milet 193). It seems that Marcoussis was instrumental in drawing Miro back to the technique of etching, as Miro wrote to Marcoussis on March 29, 1938, "Mon Cher ami, je suis dans ce beau pays pour quelques jours et pense toujours à cette passionante technique de l'eau-forte que je reprendrai aussitôt rentre en suivant vos precieux conseils."