Lot 1 | Joan Miró | From: Constellations

MIRÓ, JOAN
1893 Barcelona - 1983 Cala Major/Mallorca

Title: From: Constellations.
Date: 1959.
Mixed lot of 2 Porchoirs. With text sheets with texts by André Breton. In original casket.
a) Danseuses acrobates. 1940. Pochoir on laid paper. 43,5 x 36cm. Signed (in print). As
well as signed, dated, titled and inscribed verso (in print). b) Le Passage de L'Oiseau
divin. 1941. Pochoir on laid paper. 43,5 x 36cm. Signed (in print). As well as signed,
dated, titled and inscribed verso (in print). Signed (by Joan Miró and André Breton) as
well as numbered (in print) in imprint.
Publisher: Pierre Matisse, New York (publisher).
Number: 244/350.


Condition:
Prints each: slightly wavy due to the manufacturing process. Occasional minimal bumpings of the edges. Verso slightly discoloured. One print with slight crease in one corner and minimal traces of handling. One print verso with slight brown stains. Text sheets each slightly discoloured and occasional with slight brown stains. One text sheet with slight staining. Casket slightly discoloured and with traces of handling. Otherwise in good condition.

Portfolio originally with 22 prints after gouaches by the artist from the years 1940 and 1941. The prints are sheet 10 and sheet 20.

Literature:
- Cramer, Patrick: Joan Miró - The illustrated books, Genf 1989, cat. rais. no. 58.