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Artist: Joan Miró
Artist: Russell Young
Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1
By Joan Miró
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1
Pochoir, 1934
Unsigned as issued in Cahier's edition
Published in Cahier's d'art, 1934
Unsigned Edition of 1200
There was also a pencil signed...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Stencil
La Foundation Marguerite et Aime Maeght
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: La Foundation Marguerite et Aime Maeght
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1964
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4"
Sheet Size...
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1960s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled from Derrière le Miroir no. 128: Peintures Murales de Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
One plate from Derrière le Miroir no. 128: Peintures Murales de Miró
Medium: Color lithograph
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Signature: Unsigned
Edition: Unnumbered from an editi...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983)
'Joan Miró. Fotoscop', 1974
lithograph on paper
12.9 x 20.5 in. (32.7 x 52 cm.). The size of the stamp paper has been slightly modified. Its original dim...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró" (~45% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró"
Medium: Color lithograph
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Signature: Unsigned
Edition: Unnumbered from an edition of unknown, but pre...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró" (~60% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró"
Medium: Color lithograph
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Signature: Unsigned
Edition: Unnumbered from an edition of unknown, but presumably large size
Centerfold as issued
Size: 14.8 × 21.8 inches
Reverse Side: Continued text about "Peintures Pour De...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Joan Miro - Original Lithograph - Frontispiece for "Prints from Mourlot Press"
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - 1964
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) reserved for collaborators, there was also a larger edition of 2000
From "Prints from the Mo...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983)
'Tarjeta de invitación para la apertura de la Fundación Joan Miró Barcelona (avant la lettre)', 1975
lithograph on paper
14.2 x 11.9 in. (36 x 30 cm.)
Ed...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Arlequin Circonscrit
By Joan Miró
Located in Boston, MA
Cramer 887; Maeght 887. Number 11 in an edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right: Miro; numbered in pencil lower left: 11/75. A fine impression in fine condition.
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Joan Miró, "Tracé sur la Paroi I, " etching, hand signed
By Joan Miró
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Joan Míro
Tracé sur la Paroi I
Original etching, aquatint and carborundum
1967
Hand signed in pencil, numbered 50/75 from the edition of 75 on Mandeure rag paper
Dupin 440
Image Size...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Etching
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró" (~45% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró"
Medium: Color lithograph
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Size: 13.3 × 10.7 on 14.8 × 10.9 inches
Reverse Side: Continued text about "Peintures Pour De...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Spanish artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983)
'Joan Miró Litógrafo III', 1977
lithograph on paper Velin Arches 250 g.
17.7 x 14.4 in. (44.8 x 36.5 cm.)
Unframed
ID: MIR2001-009
Hand-signed by author
...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Exposicion Homenaje a Josep Lluis Sert
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1972
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 94/150
Publisher : Colegio de Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
Printer : Poligrafa (Barcelone)
Catalog : Maeght 853
...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Personatge I Estels V
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Aquatint, 1979
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 38/50
Publisher : Maeght (Barcelone)
Printer : Joan Barbarà (Barcelone)
Catalog : Dupin 109...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Le Fantôme de l'Atelier
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color aquatint, etching and lithograph. With the artist's signature ink stamp and numbered 26/65 in pencil. With the artist's estate ink stamp and sign...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Color, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
1970s Joan Miró lithograph (Miró prints)
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1970s Joan Miró Lithograph:
Lithographic insert from the 1979 exhibition catalog published on the occasion of Miro's exhibition at Maeght gallery, Paris.
12.5 x 17.75 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; minor signs of aging; contains a center fold-line as originally issued. Printed on fine, heavy stock paper.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Catalan artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) spent a few years in technical school as a teenager before he began his artistic career. He trained at Francesc Galí’s Escola d’Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915, after which he had his first solo show in Barcelona at the gallery of José Dalmau in 1918. Starting in 1920, Miró divided his time between Montroig, Spain, and Paris, where he commingled with poets such as Max Jacob, and took part in Dada activities. Dalmau organized a solo show for Miró in Paris at the Galerie la Licorne in 1921, and in 1924, Miró joined the Surrealist movement. The consistently Abstract nature of his works, such as The Birth of the World (1925) blended well with the dream-like ambiance of Surrealism.
After a trip to the Netherlands in 1928, Miró created the series Dutch Interiors, in which amorphous forms entered into his work. On October 12, 1929, he married Pilar Juncosa in Palma de Mallorca, and then moved to Paris. During this period, he rebelled against painting, and produced wood reliefs, assemblages, and collages. Although he was living in France, the influence of the Spanish Civil War can be observed in the intense color and strong imagery of Still-life with an Old Shoe (1937). Experimentation continued in Miró’s work until his death in 1983. His wide body of work included ceramics, various prints, drawing, and sculpture. Major projects include the 1958 ceramic murals The Sun and The Moon for the UNESCO building in Paris. He collaborated with Josep Llorens Artigas, and was awarded the Guggenheim Foundation’s Grand Prize. This collaboration can been seen in the artwork called Miró Artigas. Numerous retrospectives of his works have taken place during his lifetime and after.
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Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Miró vinyl album art, 1979:
Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 1979, Miró designed a cover for th...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Sobreteixims
By Joan Miró
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Sobreteixims
Galerie Maeght Exhibition Poster
Year: 1973
Printer: Arte Paris
Publisher: Maeght
Medium: Lithographic poster
From a limited edition of 7000
Dim...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Joan Miró - Seduction 1984
By Joan Miró
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Joan Miró - Seduction
Lithography project
56x38cm
Published in 1984 for "Miro Graveur
390€
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Joan Miro - Playing Dog - Lithograph in Colors
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - Playing Dog - Lithograph in Colors
Artist: Joan Miro
Composition 7 for the book “Joan Miro” by Jacques Prevert
Editor: Maeght
Year: 1956
Dimensions: 23 x 38 cm
Reference:...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Original Lithograph VIII, from Miro Lithographs II, Maeght Publisher, Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Original Lithograph VIII" is an original color lithograph by Joan Miro, published in "Miro Lithographs II, Maeght Publisher" in 1975. It depicts M...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Foldout from catalogue for 'Terres de grand feu' lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Joan Miró produced this original lithograph especially for the catalogue for an exhibition of his and Josep Llorens Artigas' collaborative work at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Yo...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Espriu Plate I
By Joan Miró
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Plate I from Espriu-Miro
Series: From the series Espriu-Miró, which contains 8 engravings printed on Gvarro paper with the publisher's stamp.
Date: 1971
Med...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le lézard aux plumes d'or
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1971
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated HC
Edition : 20
Publisher : Broder (Paris)
Printer : Mourlot (Paris)
Catalog : Maeght 815
41.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. | 16...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Summer : Surrealist Figures with the Moon - Lithograph, Plate Signed #MOURLOT
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO (1893-1983)
Summer : Surrealist Figures with the Moon, 1938
Lithograph in colors
Printed signature in the plate
Printed in Mourlot workshop and published by Teriade for "V...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Boy with Red Sun
By Joan Miró
Located in Cambridge, ON
Joan Miró rejected the constraints of traditional painting, creating works “conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness,” as he once said. Widely considered one of the leading Surrealists, though never officially part of the group, Miró pioneered a wandering linear style of Automatism—a method of “random” drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche.
Miró used color and form in a symbolic rather than literal manner, his intricate compositions combining abstract elements with recurring motifs like birds, eyes, and the moon. “I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music,” he said.
While he prized artistic freedom, Miró revered art history, basing a series of works on the Dutch Baroque interiors of Hendrick Sorgh and Jan Steen. In turn, Miró has inspired many artists—significantly Arshile Gorky, whose bold linear abstractions proved a foundational influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Spanish, 1893–1983, Barcelona, Spain, based in Paris and Catalonia, Spain.
Details: Joan Miró "Boy with Red Sun" Linocut, 1938
Technique: Original linocut in colours on red Wove paper
Publisher: First Edition published by San Lazzaro for XXe Siecle, Paris
Image dimensions: 12.37 x 9.62 in (31.5 x 24.7 cm)
Signed by the artist within...
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1930s Prints and Multiples
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Linocut
Els Gossos VI
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this large color etching. Signed and numbered 29/30 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Joan Barbarà, Barcelona. Published by Maegh...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Color, Etching
La mélodie acide
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1980
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 7/20
Publisher : Au Pont des Arts - Galerie Lucie Weill (Paris)
Printer : La Poligrafa S.A. (Barcelone)
Catalog : Mae...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
MIro 36 La melodie Acide original lithograph painting
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
La melodie acide. original lithograph painting.
signed on the stone and numbered 1 to 1500
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Litografia Original X (Surrealist, Abstract, Gestural)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
Litografia Original X
Color Lithograph
Year: 1975
Size: 25 × 9.6 inches
Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.39
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, ...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithograph II (1049)
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Homenatge à Joan Prats
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph with impressive and strong colors. Signed and numbered 70/75 in pencil by Miro. Printed and published by Polígrafa, Barcelona. Extreme...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Color, Lithograph
LES TROGLODYTES
By Joan Miró
Located in Portland, ME
Miro, Joan (Spanish, 1893-1983). LES TROGLODYTES. Dupin 1009. Carborundum etching and aquatint in colors, 1978. Edition of 50 (plus 14 Hors de Commerce). Signed in pencil and numbere...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Plate VI, from Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Plate VI, from Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, a book published by Maeght and Printed by Mourlot in 1956.
Reference: Mo...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
El Pi De Formentor
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1976
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 16/50
Publisher : Sala Gaspar (Barcelone)
Printer : Torralba, Rubi (Barcelone)
Catalog : Dupin 343
105.00 cm. x 90.00 cm...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Album 21, Plate 20
By Joan Miró
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Miro, Joan
Title: Plate 20 from Album 21 (Maeght 1135)
Series: Album 21
Date: 1978
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Arches
Unframed Dimensions: 25.5" x 19.5"
Signature: Pencil...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1045), Surrealist Lithography by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Miró lithograph Derriere Le Miroir 1960s
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Joan Miró Lithograph from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
From: Derrière l...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Joan Miro - Peacock Feathers - Original Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - Peacock Feathers - Original Lithograph
Artist: Joan Miro
Dimensions: 9 x 14-/12 inches (sheet), with the usual centerfold, as published in "Joan Miro" by Jacques Prevert ...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Quelques Fleurs #11: Féquet, Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
From a larger portfolio named "Quelque Fleurs Pour Des Amis" (Some Flower for Friends), this simple print by Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miro was de...
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1960s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1042). Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1043), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir #231 (Cover)
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Cover (Derriere le Miroir #231)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1978
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 15" x 22"
Image Size: 15" x 22"
S...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1046), Surrealist Lithography by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Une Femme (A Woman), 1958
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Joan Miró Une Femme (A Woman), 1958 studies the shape of a woman’s body through dream-like representation of fantastically strange anatomical parts. Unc...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Plate I, from Album 19
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1961, on BFK Rives wove paper, signed with the artist's monogram in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (the total edition included 15 impressions numbered...
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1960s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1044), Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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original lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1965 at the Mourlot Frères atelier and published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery in an edition of 1200 for the "Miro Cartones 1959-1965...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derrière le Miroir
By Joan Miró
Located in Cambridge, ON
Joan Miró rejected the constraints of traditional painting, creating works “conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness,” as he once said. Widely considered...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Cartones
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Cartones
Medium: Lithograph on Arches vellum
Year: 1965
Edition: 6/75
Frame Size: 27 1/4" x 33 3/4"
Sheet Size: 23 1/4" x 27 3/4"
Signature: Hand signed in p...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1963
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph print realized by Joan Mirò in 1963.
Published on Derriere Le Miroir, Céramiques Monumentales de Miró et Artigas. Printed by Ateliers de Maeght,...
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Lithographs II (1039), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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Lithograph
Joan Miro - Original Colorful Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - Moon Bird, Sun Bird - Original Lithograph
1964
From the journal "XXe Siecle"
Unsigned edition of unknown size
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro.
Refere...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled abstract and colourful limited edition lithograph by Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in ludlow, GB
originally in a catalogue and consequently there is slight evidence of a fold in the centre. We have had this ironed by our restorer so it is barely perceptible. We bought a collecti...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled abstract and colourful limited edition lithograph by Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in ludlow, GB
This is a limited edition lithograph that is untitled. It was originally in a catalogue and consequently there is slight evidence of a fold in the centre. We have had this ironed by ...
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Untitled abstract and colourful limited edition lithograph by Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in ludlow, GB
This is a limited edition lithograph that is untitled. It was originally in a catalogue and consequently there is slight evidence of a fold in the centre. We have had this ironed by ...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Joan Miro - Abstract Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro Miro Abstract Lithograph
Artist: Joan Miro
Plate III from “Miro Lithographs I”
Medium: Lithograph on Rives vellum
Year: 1972
Image Size: 10" x ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Quelques Fleurs No. 2: Artigas
By Joan Miró
Located in Columbia, MO
Quelques Fleurs pour des Amis: Dypréau No. 9
1964
Lithograph
Ed. Edition of 150
15 x 11 inches
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints
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Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
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Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
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