Joan Miró 1978 Color Lithograph "Obra Gráfica"

An hors commerce color lithograph on Guarro paper by renowned artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) titled Obra Gráfica, 1978. This abstract work was included in a folio featuring text by Joan Teixidor. The print was published by Dirección Gerenal del Patrimonio Artístrico, Archivos y Museos, Madrid and printed by La Polígrafa, S.A. Barcelona. This example is signed by hand and marked “H.C” in graphite to the lower margin. It is presented in a white mat. Included in the catalogue raisonné Joan Miro: Lithographs Volume VI published by Fernand Mourlot, figure 1161.

Born in Barcelona, Spain during 1893 and received his formal education at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. He became friends with Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Ernest Hemingway, Max Ernst and Paul Klee. Miró was accepted as a Surrealist in Paris with the recognition of some of the greatest artists of our times.

Condition

Good

- mat burns to paper; minor wear to mat. Dimensions

29.25" W x 24.0" H x 0.25" D

- measures mat; sheet measures 57 cm x 46 cm; image measures 42.75 cm x 30 cm.