Joan Miró, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 866), Joan Miro Lithographs, 1972

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Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, … more Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume I, 1972. Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris. Excerpted from the volume, The original Joan Miró lithographs were printed by Mourlot, the illustrations by Arte Adrien Maeght, and the text by Imprimerie Union, Paris, France. V̅ examples of this English-language edition, numbered I-V̅, have been printed. A deluxe French edition of CL examples, numbered I-CL, with two additional original lithographs signed by Joan Miró, and 80 suites, numbered I-LXXX, containing the 13 original lithographs on vellum with wide margins and with each lithograph signed by the artist, have also been printed.

JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of imaginative fantasy. Miro was very much against the established painting methods of the time, and is often credited with being the founder of automatic drawing. Automatic drawing is the process of allowing the hand to move randomly on the canvas, leaving the artwork to chance. His dreamlike works contain impressions of playfully distorted animal forms, twisted organic shapes, and odd geometric constructions. A contemporary of Picasso, Miro towers as one of the great masters of modern art, and is amongst the most famous artists of the 20th century. less