Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Parler Seul

Joan Miró Lithograph (*)
This work reproduces one of the illustrations originally created by Miró to illustrate the book of poems “Parler Seul” (**) (Speak Only), written by Tristan Tzara in 1947.
Edited by Maeght Editeur in 2004.
Made on 100% cotton vellum paper of high weight.
Signed on the plate.
Publisher’s seal and Miró Succession seal on the reverse of the sheet.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

- Support dimensions: 60 x 45 cm
- Image dimensions: 42 x 33 cm
- Year 2004
- Edition: 1000 copies
- References: Cramer 17. Rauch 165
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, thus in perfect condition).

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The shipment will also include full insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Joan Miró (1893-1983) was born in Barcelona, where he grew up and began his artistic studies. He attended the La Llotja academy against his parents’ wishes, who wanted him to work in a more traditional manner. He later studied at the Escola d'Art of Francesc Galí and met the Fauves and the Cubists. His emotional landscapes, which shaped him as a person and as an artist, are essentially Mont-roig, Paris, Mallorca and later New York and Japan. Mont-roig, a small town in the Baix Camp region, would be the counterpoint to the intellectual agitation he experienced in Paris, where he moved in the twenties with surrealist poets and the most creative artists of his time. There he came to know Arp, Magritte, Brancusi and Giacometti and exhibited with Dalí, Tanguy, Meret Oppenheim and Max Ernst in several exhibitions on Dadaism and Surrealism.
The stimulus of abstract expressionism reveals itself to him in New York in the forties. Later, in 1956, in the midst of World War II, Joan Miró would abandon his exile in France and settle in Palma de Mallorca, a space of refuge and work, where his friend Josep Lluís Sert would design the studio he had always dreamed of. There he focused on sculpture and ceramics, until his death in 1983.
Rooted first in the Mont-roig landscape and then in Mallorca, it would be determinant in his work. The bond with the earth and the interest in everyday objects and the surrounding natural environment would form the background of some of his technical and formal explorations. Miró rebels against academicism, in constant search of a global and pure work, not belonging to any particular movement. Rich in form and in public manifestations, it is through the plastic act that Joan Miró shows his rebellion and a great sensitivity to the political and social events that surround him. This clash of forces would lead him to create a unique and highly personal language that places him as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

(**) “Parler Seul” represents a particularly effective collaboration between artist and author. Miró’s brilliantly spontaneous and amorphous images, drawn directly on the stone with very few preparatory sketches, have the inventive spark of Tzara’s random verses.
The original edition was published by Maeght Editeur and comprises 72 original Miró lithographs, 49 of them in color, of which 18 are hors-texte. (*) Joan Miró (1893-1983) was born in Barcelona, where he grew up and began his artistic studies. He attended the La Llotja academy against his parents’ wishes, who wanted him to work in a more traditional manner. He later studied at the Escola d'Art of Francesc Galí and met the Fauves and the Cubists.
His emotional landscapes, which shaped him as a person and as an artist, are essentially Mont-roig, Paris, Mallorca and later New York and Japan. Mont-roig, a small town in the Baix Camp region, would be the counterpoint to the intellectual agitation he lived in Paris, where he moved in the twenties with surrealist poets and the most creative artists of his time. There he came to know Arp, Magritte, Brancusi and Giacometti and exhibited with Dalí, Tanguy, Meret Oppenheim and Max Ernst in several Dada and Surrealist exhibitions.
The inspiration of abstract expressionism reveals itself to him in New York in the forties. Later, in 1956, in the midst of World War II, Joan Miró would leave his exile in France and settle in Palma de Mallorca, a refuge and work space, where his friend Josep Lluís Sert would design the workshop he had always dreamed of. There he focused on sculpture and ceramics, until his death in 1983.
Rooted first in the Mont-roig landscape and then in Mallorca, it would be determinant in his work. The bond with the earth and the interest in everyday objects and the natural environment would form the background of some of his technical and formal investigations. Miró flees academicism, in constant search of a global and pure work, not attached to any particular movement. Content in forms and in public manifestations, it is through the plastic act that Joan Miró shows his rebellion and a great sensitivity to the political and social events surrounding him. This clash of forces would lead him to create a unique and highly personal language that places him as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

(**) “Parler Seul” represents a particularly effective collaboration between artist and author. Miró’s brilliantly spontaneous and amorphous images, drawn directly on the stone with very few preparatory sketches, have the inventive vigor of Tzara’s random verses.
The original edition was published by Maeght Editeur and comprises 72 original Miró lithographs, 49 of them in color, of which 18 are hors-texte.