Joan Miró, Le Ciel du Forgeron, 1964 |
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| Artist: | Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
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| Title: | Le Ciel du Forgeron, 1964 |
| Reference: | Dupin 364 |
| Medium: | Original Color Drypoint, Etching, and Embossing |
| Image Size: | 23 7/8 in x 18 3/4 in (58 cm x 47.5 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 26 in x 18 3/4 in (66 cm x 47.5 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 39 1/4 in x 32 in (99.7 cm x 81.3 cm) |
| Edition: | This work is numbered from an edition of 75 in the lower left margin. |
| Signature: | This work is hand-signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983) in pencil in the lower right margin. |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition a fine impression with bold lines and bright colors. |
| ID # | w-3082 |
Joan Miró, Le Ciel du Forgeron, 1964 is playfully composed with lyrical lines and a unique use of embossing, and this work expresses the vibrant and energetic quality of Miró's work. Utilizing accents of bright colors with dark black lines, the object imprinted in the center of the page is reminiscent of mechanical objects. Meandering lines travel throughout this piece, enticing the viewer to move their eye throughout the image.The use of vivid hues of red, yellow, and green in the upper left creates a balance with the muted grey form embossed in the center.
Calling to mind natural and mechanical objects, this work is diverse in technique and style. Jacques Dupin stated of Miró's work from this period, "To him, printing is also and above all an occasion to break away from solitary work and engage with others in a dialogue from which he expects a personal enrichment…his imagination, in order to spread out, needed to react to a free intrusion of spots, drippings and accidents which provide the initial shock, an interpellation of the un-formal and the unformulated…" (Dupin 7-8)
Created in 1964, this color drypoint, etching, and embossing was printed on Arches wove paper. Numbered from the edition of 75 in pencil in the lower left margin, this work is hand-signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983) in pencil in the lower right margin. Printed by Maeght, Levallois-Perret, this work was published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).
1. Dupin, Jacques, Miró Engraver, Vol II, 1961-1973, 1989. Listed and illustrated as plate 364 on pg. 54.
2. Maeght Éditeur, Lithographies Gravures Orginales, 1989. Listed on pg. 140.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with linen-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
