Lot Essay
Inspired by Alfred Jarry, Miró composed his own text for this work which places Ubu in the Balearics where Miró also lived.
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Joan Miró, Ubu aux Baléares, Tériade, Paris, 1971 (Mourlot 757-88; Cramer 146)
lithographs printed in colours, 1971, on Japon nacré, lithographed title, six pages of lithographed manuscript text by the artist, justification and set of twenty-three, each signed in pencil, copy number 3 from the edition of 120 (there was also an hors commerce edition of six), the full sheets as published, some with pale discoloration, otherwise in very good condition, loose in buff linen-covered box with lithograph printed in black applied to the front, in very good condition
overall S. 500 x 660mm.
Joan Miró, Ubu aux Baléares, Tériade, Paris, 1971 (Mourlot 757-88; Cramer 146)
lithographs printed in colours, 1971, on Japon nacré, lithographed title, six pages of lithographed manuscript text by the artist, justification and set of twenty-three, each signed in pencil, copy number 3 from the edition of 120 (there was also an hors commerce edition of six), the full sheets as published, some with pale discoloration, otherwise in very good condition, loose in buff linen-covered box with lithograph printed in black applied to the front, in very good condition
overall S. 500 x 660mm.