Joan Miró (1893 Barcelona, Spain – 1983 Palma de Mallorca, Spain).
Early in his career, Miró primarily painted still-lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes. Influences ranging from the folk art and Romanesque church frescoes of his native Catalan region in Spain to 17th-century Dutch realism were eventually superseded by more contemporary ones: Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism captivated the young artist, who had relocated to Paris in 1921. His exposure to the ideas of André Breton and Breton's Surrealist circle prompted Miró to make radical changes to his style, although the artist cannot be said to have identified consistently with a single school. Rather, his artistic career may be characterised as one of persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with non-objectivity. Miró's signature biomorphic forms, geometric shapes, and semi-abstracted objects are expressed in multiple media, from ceramics and engravings to large bronze installations.
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| 1936 Joan Miró, Paris, by Albert Eugene Gallatin |
Note: All Miro works © 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
1948-50 Parler Seul
published by Galerie Maeght
72 original lithographs by Miró, including 49 in colour, of which 18 are hors-texte. Folio, lithographed chemise, slipcase, and wrappers (not all shown here).
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| Slip case |
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| Slip case |
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| Cover |
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| Frontispiece colour lithograph on Malacca Pur Chiffon paper 38.2 x 29.5 cm |
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| Title page |
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| 1950 Figure and Stars colour lithograph on white wove paper 65 x 50.1 cm |
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| 1950 Figure with Reddish-orange Sun colour lithograph 69.1 x 49.1 cm |
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| 1950 Figures and Animals colour lithograph on white wove paper 76 x 56.6 cm |
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| 1950 Figures in the Night oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1950 Head bronze 35 x 22 x 18.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1950c Composition, Le Lézard aux plumes d'or gouache, India ink, pastel and collage of photos of sculptures on paper |
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| 1951 Comet Bird colour lithograph on Pur Fil Marais wove paper 76.5 x 56.5 cm |
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| 1951 Figures in the Garden colour lithograph 50.4 x 65.2 cm de Young / Legion of Honour Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1951 On Four Walls colour lithograph ( folded to appear in issue of Derrière le Miroir 1952 ) 25.8 x 79.5 |
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| 1952 Barbarian Object construction; oil, paper, string, sponge and metal on artists palette and wedges 35.5 x 22 x 5.8 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1952 Dog Barking at the Moon from the series "Book Edition" colour lithograph 35.6 x 73.3 cm |
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| 1952 The Rocket-Bird Aims for the Fork Cascading Down Toward the Black Point colour etching and aquatint with hand-applied paint ( pochoir ) 50.1 x 60.9 cm |
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| 1952 The Sun Embracing the Lover oil on canvas 22 x 16 cm Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland |
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| 1952-53 Series I colour etching and aquatint with engraving on Arches paper 48.5 x 58.4 cm |
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| 1952 Series II colour etching and aquatint on Arches wove paper 50.5 x 65.5 cm |
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| 1952 Series II etching on paper 37.7 x 45.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 1952-53 Series III etching and aquatint on Arches paper 24.7 x 32 cm Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1953 Astrology I colour lithograph 40 x 26.5 cm |
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| 1953 Astrology II colour lithograph 38 x 28 cm |
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| 1953 Astrology III colour lithograph 40 x 28.9 cm |
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| 1953 Composition from Series III colour aquatint on white wove paper 24.4 x 31.6 cm |
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| 1953 Day colour lithograph 38 x 28 cm |
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| 1953 Derriere le Miroir colour lithograph 28.6 x 21.5 cm |
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| 1953 Derrière le Miroir No.57/58/59 colour lithograph 38 x 28 cm |
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| 1953 Derrière le Miroir No.57/58/59 lithograph 38 x 56 cm |
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| 1953 La Main soft ground etching and aquatint in colour on ivory wove paper 35.3 x 48.2 cm ( plate ) |
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| 1953 Night colour lithograph on wove paper 39.1 x 28.1 cm |
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| 1966 Lunar Bird bronze 207 x 204.9 x 147.8 cm Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
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| 1966 Solar Bird in Balboa Park, San Diego Museum of Art, CA |