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Joan Miró (1893-1983), Aquatint Etching, ‘Le Roi David‘, 1972

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,400.00 EUR Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR
Joan Miró (1893-1983), Aquatint Etching, ‘Le Roi David‘, 1972
Aquatint etching in colors on Arches wove paper (watermark)
France, 1972
Joan Miró (1893-1983) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Signed with pencil lower right ‘Miró.’
Inscribed with pencil lower left ‘HC.’
Published by Maeght, Paris (watermark)
Catalog raisonné: Dupin 555
Plate size: 67.5 x 53.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Denmark
Joan Miró is worldwide famous for his abstract language of forms and colors; the auction record for one of the artist’s aquatint etchings currently sets at 71,000 euro

Joan Miró created a unique visual vocabulary which combined the major art movements of Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Dadaism and Surrealism. The present work is titled ‘Le Roi David’ and shows an abstract composition of dynamic lines, symbols and dots that are accentuated with bright colors such as blue, red and yellow. In the light of the characteristic title, the image encourages the viewer to develop his own interpretations on the work.

The aquatint etching is signed with pencil lower right ‘Miró’ and inscribed with pencil lower left ‘HC.’. It is verso titled with pencil ‘LE ROI DAVID’. The wove paper shows the watermark by Maeght upper right and the watermark ‘ARCHES FRANCE’ lower right. The paper is slightly toned and shows a clear mat staining and light handling marks throughout. The upper corners reveal the remains of an old mounting on the verso. The plate size is 67.5 x 53.5 cm and the size of the sheet is 90.5 x 63 cm. The framed work measures 107.5 x 84.8 cm.



Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Miró was born in Barcelona where he grew up and started his artistic studies. He went to the academy La Llotja against his parents’ will who had wanted him to work in a more traditional way. He later studied at the Escola d’Art from Francesc Galí and got to know the Fauves and the cubists. In 1920 he moved to Paris where he lived amongst the most creative artists of his time. He got to know Arp, Magritte, Brancusi and Giacometti and exhibited together with Dalí, Tanguy, Meret Oppenheim und Max Ernst in several exhibitions about Dadaism and Surrealism. He moved to Mallorca in 1956 where he focused on sculptures and ceramics. He died there in 1983. (cbo)
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