Miro, Miró, Joan Signed Color Etching and Aquatint 1959 Start Price USD 20,000.00 Current Price USD 20,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 21, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Miro, Miró, Joan Signed Color Etching and Aquatint 1959' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: Le Chien Bleu (The Blue Dog), 1959Artist: Miro, JoanMedium: Color Etching and AquatintImage Size: 24 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in (61.6 cm x 47.63 cm)Sheet Size: 33 3/8 in x 24 1/2 in (84.79 cm x 62.23 cm)Framed Size: 43 3/4 in x 35 1/2 in (111.13 cm x 90.17 cm)Signature: This work is hand signed by Joan Miró (1893 Edition: Numbered 230/300 in pencil the lower left marginCondition: This work is in great condition, the colors are bold and bright  Description:Exhibiting the artist's wonderfully detailed surrealist imagery, this work expresses a spirit of freedom and originality. Full of bright hues and contrasting tones with painterly applications of color, this work is a dazzling display of the artist's mastery of skill and technique. Designed with lyrical lines and playful characters, this work illustrates the artist's free expression with a wonderful array of colors. A vibrant blue crescent moon sits in the upper right, with a variety of figures in black with accents of red, blue, green and yellow. The background of earthy ochre and yellow allows the linear and solid figures to stand out in strong contrast, and creates a textural and tactile experience. Jacques Dupin discussed the original paintings from this time period, "The spirit does not, to him, exist alone or prior to things. It emanates from them. What expresses it on the canvas, its vehicle - the play of line and color, the plastic values and rhythm - must similarly emanate from a progressive animation of the materials, from the living, emotionally inspiring substance that is the ground…Actually these paintings constitute (though this has never been said before) one of the most important 'series' in this artist's work." (Dupin 393) Original color aquatint after an untitled painting by Miró, which was created in 1949. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered "230/300" in pencil, lower left. Printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris. Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) :1) Dupin, Jacques, Joan Miró, Life and Work, the original painting is listed as cat no 725 on pg 555.2) Dupin, Jacques and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, Vol III: 1942-1955, 2001, original painting listed as cat no 827 on pg 133.3) Catalogue referenced in Gallery Maeght Archives as: Maeght 1714. About the Framing:Conservation framed with museum quality archival materials, this work is framed in a decorative, scalloped Art Deco-inspired moulding. The sculptural details act as the ideal complement to this delightful work. Framing is completed with white, linen-wrapped mats, a matching gold inner fillet, and an archival Plexiglas® cover. Style: 20th Century Modern Master, Surrealism Who is Masterworks Fine Art? Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. strives to be the best source of fine art for our clients and collectors all over the world. We believe the most direct way to accomplish this is by establishing a lifetime of personal and professional relationships with our clients. We are a full service art gallery, selling fine art originals at 25-50% off gallery retail prices. 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