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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Lot 133

JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

Maquette for: Persontage i Estels II

Closed28 March 2018

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GBP 13,750

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JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Maquette for: Persontage i Estels II
collage, ink, pastel, pencil and etching, 1979, on Arches wove paper, inscribed II in grey crayon verso, authenticated in pencil verso by Rosa Maria Malet, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (dated 2/IX/2008), with deckle edges above and below, in good condition
Image & Sheet 905 x 630 mm.

Joan Barbará (1927-2013), Barcelona; then by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Lots 133, 134 & 135 are maquettes for the series Personatge i Estels (Figure and Stars) , a set of seven etchings which Miró made with the printer Joan Barbará in Barcelona and which were published by Maeght in 1979. These remarkable working proofs reveal the artist’s experimental method of creating an image by placing and re-positioning the compositional elements in a playful way across the picture plane, using collage, brush and ink, and hand-colouring.