Miro, Miró, Joan, Signed Color Lithograph With Pochoir Start Price USD 21,000.00 Current Price USD 21,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, June 26, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Miro, Miró, Joan, Signed Color Lithograph With Pochoir' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: Women, Moon, Stars, 1949Artist: Miro, JoanMedium: Original Color Lithograph with Pochior Hand ColoringImage Size: 23.25 in x 18.5 in (59.1 cm x 46.99 cm)Sheet Size: 30 in x 27 in (76 cm x 68 cm)Framed Size: 41.25 in x 34.75 in (104.78 x 88.27 cm)Signature: Hand signed by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) in pencil in the lower right hand side of the workEdition: Numbered 31/300 in pencil, in the lower left hand side of the workCondition: Magnificent large work, rich and fresh colors with pochoir, excellent condition  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, particularly noticeable in areas with pochoir hand coloring, this work is a dazzling display of the artist’s mastery of composition and technique. Derived from Miro’s 1949 oil painting, this original color lithograph is signed by Miró in pencil in the lower right. Numbered 31/300 in pencil in the lower left, this work contains the Rives watermark in block letters. This piece is also remarkable for the pochoir hand coloring evident throughout the work. The pochoir coloring is most vivid in large areas of ruby red and crisp white that circulate throughout the lithograph, adding a further layer of depth and beauty to the work. Designed with lyrical lines and playful characters, this work illustrates the artist’s expressive use of color and line.  Curious figures emerge from seemingly arbitrary lines and colorful shapes. A vibrant green eye reveals the female shape that Miro alludes to in the title. The background of earthy ochre and mauve allows the linear and solid figures to stand out in strong contrast, and creates a textural and tactile experience.  Miro scholar Jacques Dupin discusses the works from this 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)   Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :   1. Eaux-fortes et Lithographies Originales – Estampes à Tirage Limité et Justifié. Maeght Editeur, 1963. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1726.  2. Dupin, Jacques, Joan Miró, Life and Work, the original painting is listed as cat no 732 on pg 416.  3. Dupin, Jacques and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, Vol III: 1942-1955, 2001, original painting listed as cat no 836 on pg 139. About the Framing:Conservation framed with museum quality archival materials, this work is set in a robust Spanish-style frame with scalloped, sculptural details.  The repetition of shapes in the moulding creates a focal point for the artwork, drawing the viewer’s eye into the image.  The lively and elegant tone of the moulding compliments and accentuates the contrasting tones and earthy hues of this work.  Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind 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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