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Joan Miro , 1938
  • Joan Miro
  • Etching
  • Original etching (aquaforte) in sepia
  • Paper: 9.8 x 11.4 in. (25 x 29 cm); Image: 2 3/4 x 4 in.; Framed: 12 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.
  • Artist's proof in sepia.
  • Hand signed in pencil. The annotation "epreuve d'artiste" ("artist's proof") is hand-written by Miro.
  • Private collection, France (a woman who worked with Adrien Maeght in Cannes during WWII and after in Paris. She was the director of the editions, and worked directly with the artist edited by the gallery.); Galerie Michelle Champetier, Nice (France), c. 1981; Kimble Collection, Utah, 2001
  • Yes

In this edition, there were just a few artist’s proofs in sepia, the regular edition is in black (this is an artist’s proof in sepia).

Indexed in the catalogue raisonne “Miro Graveur” by James Dupin, n. 19.  Excerpt (translated from French):

“7.3 x 10 cm printed in 30 copies on Arches vellum 32.5 × 44.5 cm, numbered and signed, and 4 copies on parchment 29.5 × 41.5 cm with margins decorated with colored pencils, numbered and signed.
In addition, some artist’s proofs were printed and some non-commercial proofs in black and sepia in different formats, signed.
Pierre Loeb, Paris, and Pierre Matisse, New York, publishers.
Engraved in the studio of Marcoussis, and printed in the studio of Lacouriere, Paris.
The striped copper was included in the catalog 10 years of publishing 1946-1956, Maeght publisher, Paris.”

Loc: G.C. pp54b

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