Depicting a bold and colorful image with a variety of textural qualities, this work captures the viewer's attention through the use of vibrant saturated hues in strong contrast with black and white. Luminous orbs of color drift amidst a predominately white, textured background. This textured background, created through the use of carborundum, appears as if splotches of colorless paint were dripped across the paper, adding surface depth to the work. The circles of color, dark at the centers and lightening towards the borders, add a sense of movement to the work and appear to flicker, as if they were blinking lights.

Created in 1972-1973, this color etching and aquatint with carborundum was published by Sala Gaspar, Barcelona and printed by J.J. Torralba, Barcelona on Guarro paper. Signed by Joan Miró in pencil in the lower right, this work is numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left.

DOCUMENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN:
1) Dupin, Jacques, Miró Engraver, Vol. II, 1961-73, image listed as no. 599 on pg 233.

About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is set in a sleek contemporary gold frame. The bright tone of the framing accentuates the vibrant hues in the image. Completed with white silk wrapped mattes and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.