One of Miro's earliest color lithographs and very scarce despite the number printed for XXe Siecle. 3000 unsigned impressions for XXe Siecle n.s. In the case of this print, one of the 400 signed and numbered impressions would probably sell for about $15,000 to $20,000. Often, they would also produced a signed and numbered edition for those who might be able to afford it. For each issue, Galerie Maeght would commission a number of lithographs by the artist or artists featured in their current exhibition. Derrière le Miroir was published in a format of 380x280mm (about 15x11 inches) with the sheets unbound and inserted into a cover. Price: $2250.ĭerrière le Miroir was a deluxe art review published by Galerie Maeght, Miró’s dealer from 1948 until, after the death of Aimé Maeght, it metamorphosed into Galerie Maeght Lelong and then Galerie Lelong. A large and very beautiful image dating very early in his career as a lithographer (most of Miró’s early color prints were either etchings or pochoirs he also made a few woodcuts and one linocut). The original painting is illustrated as plate 191 in the 1993 Museum of Modern Arts celebration of the 100th anniversary of Miró's birth. Miró altered the lithograph slightly, making changes only the artist would dare to make, to introduce more light in the composition now that it was going to be in a much smaller format. Ours is one of the unsigned impressions with two folds made to fit it into the 1952 issue of Derrière le Miroir of the same title.
This lithograph was done with Miro's approval, under his supervision, and with his participation, after his mural for Harkness Commons at the Harvard Universary Graduate School, now in the Museum of Modern Art in NY. 1200 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derrière le Miroir, in 1951.
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Edition: 400 signed and numbered impressions plus c. Sur Quatre Murs / On Four Walls (Maeght 1708). Ours is a very rare pencil-signed impression and one of Miro's first original color lithographs.The work has just undergone conservation and is in excellent condition. 500 unsigned impressions for an exhibition of Miro's "Sculpture et Art Graphique" at Galerie Maeght. In 1953, to celebrate his 60th birthday, Miró executed 9 original lithographs for a special number of Derrière le Miroir dedicated to his works.įigure with reddish-orange sun (M. He was also introduced to ceramics by his old friend, Josep Llorens Artigas, beginning a collaboration first with Artigas and then with his son Joan Gardy Artigas that lasted until his death. He visited the U.S., worked with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York, executed several new pochoirs and some etchings with hand coloring via pochoir on small irregularly cut plates, and, after signing up with Aime Maeght's new gallery, began turning more to color lithography. After the liberation of France in 1944, Miro felt a new sense of hope.
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