Joan Miró, Plate VIII 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 VIII 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 408
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:5 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in (14 cm x 5.8 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-12393

Historical Description

Joan Miró, Plate VIII 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, Plate VIII 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 produced to accompany "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 marked as "IIIIIIII" in the plate and is numbered from an edition of 75. Printed by Maeght, Levallois-Perret and published by Adrien Maeght éditeur, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Joan Miró, Plate VIII 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. 408 on pg. 73.

About the Framing:
Joan Miró, Plate VIII 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