Two lithographs in colors on cloth-covered boards
Spain, 1975
Joan Miró (1893-1983) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Back and front cover for ‘Maravillas von variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró’
Published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona
Catalog raisonné: Cramer, Livres, 211
In wooden profile frame
Image dimensions: each 54.5 x 38.7 cm
Very good condition
The lithographed book covers for Joan Miró’s illustrations for Rafael Alberti ‘Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró’ are rarely offered; the auction record for the complete book edition is currently set at €9,000

In 1971 the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti contacted Joan Miró to create in his honor and with him a portfolio. After a long correspondence Alberti sent the manuscript titled ‘Maravillas of variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró’ to Miró in 1973. Two years later the work was published with 20 lithographs in colors by the artist by Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona. It was issued in 75 + XV copies with signed and numbered lithographs and 225 copies that were signed in the justification by the artist and the author. Additionally there was also published a book edition of 1500 copies, from which the present sheet is, with the lithographs only signed on stone.

The both lithographs in colors are in very good condition and each mounted on the reverse to a mat. The condition of the frames is good with slight signs of age and wear. The sheet-sized images measure 54.5 x 38.7 cm. The framed dimensions are 82.5 x 67.5 cm.

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Miró was born in Barcelona where he grew up and started his artistic studies. He went to the academy La Llotja against his parents’ will who had wanted him to work in a more traditional way. He later studied at the Escola d’Art from Francesc Galí and got to know the Fauves and the cubists. In 1920 he moved to Paris where he lived amongst the most creative artists of his time. He got to know Arp, Magritte, Brancusi and Giacometti and exhibited together with Dalí, Tanguy, Meret Oppenheim und Max Ernst in several exhibitions about Dadaism and Surrealism. He moved to Mallorca in 1956 where he focused first on sculptures and later on ceramics. (fea)

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