Joan Miró, Frontispiece for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965

Artist: Joan Miró (1893 - 1983)
Title:Plate II for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965
Reference:Dupin 400
Series:Sans le Soleil, Malgre les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night) Series, 1965
Medium:Etching and aquatint on Rives vellum.
Image Size:2 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in (5.8 cm x 14 cm)
Sheet Size:13 3/8 in x 11 1/4 in (34 cm x 28.5 cm)
Edition:This work is numbered from an edition of 75.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983).
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #w-12385

Historical Description

Joan Miró, Frontispiece for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965

Created in 1965, Frontispiece for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965, is an etching and aquatint on Rives vellum that was the frontispiece for "Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night," by Heraclitus of Ephesus. Hand-signed by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983), this work is numbered from an edition of 75. Printed by Maeght, Levallois-Perret and published by Adrien Maeght éditeur, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Joan Miró, Frontispiece for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965, 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, Rizzoli International Publications: New York, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 400 on pg. 71.

About the Framing:
Joan Miró, Frontispiece for Sans le Soleil, Malgré les Autres Astres, il Ferait Nuit (Without the Sun, Despite the Other Stars, it Would be Night), 1965, is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Classic $16-50k Contemporary