This lot consists of an unframed mixed media on paper, executed in the modern art style of Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). Hand inscription at bottom right reads, "Miro".

Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912, Miro studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in art, music and literature. But it was not the place where great art was being made. That place was Paris -- and Miro established himself there at the age of twenty-six.

Once there, Miro made friends with Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Ernest Hemingway, Max Ernst and Paul Klee, and quickly became an adopted member of the Surrealist set. Miro lived alone in Paris in total poverty, but every time he went out, he wore a monocle and white spats. He kept his brushes clean, waxed and polished the floor of his studio and arranged his canvases in neat order.

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection

DIMENSIONS:
Overall paper measures 11.5" x 8.5"


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Definition of "in the style of" is as follows:
The work may be ascribed to the artist on the basis of style, but the actual authorship is unknown.

Overall excellent condition