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Joan MiróLa Fronde (The Slingshot)1969
1969
About the Item
Miro showcases his skilled handling of carborundum in this marvelous work. This particular piece features more of the rich and beautiful texture than any of his other prints, evident throughout the black areas. Emerging at the center is a hilarious character with a devious smile. Surrounded by vivid coloration, La Fronde, which translates to “slingshot,” is a truly spectacular example of Miro’s creativity and mastery of surreal imagery.
Created in 1969, this color etching, aquatint, and carborundum is hand-signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983) in white pencil in the lower right. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, this piece is numbered from the edition of 75.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Joan Miro The Slingshot (La Fronde), 1969 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. Dupin, Jacques. Miró Engraver, vol. II 1961 - 1973, Rizzoli: New York, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 501.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
About the Framing:
Joan Miro The Slingshot (La Fronde), 1969 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
- Creator:Joan Miró (1893 - 1983, Catalan)
- Creation Year:1969
- Dimensions:Height: 41.75 in (106.05 cm)Width: 27.75 in (70.49 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Numbered 58/75Price: $55,000
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- Gallery Location:Palo Alto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 75971stDibs: LU1567214727182
Joan Miró
With his wide-ranging oeuvre, comprising strikingly original paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, metal engravings and murals, Catalan modernist Joan Miró was a critical force in moving 20th-century art toward complete abstraction. Although often considered an early Surrealist because of his nonobjective imagery and evocation of the subconscious, he defies neat categorization.
Miró’s identity is largely rooted in the city of his birth: Barcelona. To this day, a number of his public artworks can be found there, including the 72-foot-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird), 1983. Female and avian forms, along with bright colors and the theme of Catalan pride, are recurring elements in his work.
The radical visual world Miró created with his expressive lines, signature symbols and biomorphic shapes influenced such American Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock and Color Field painters like Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.
Mirò continued to work and experiment until his death at the age of 90 in 1983. Five years before that, he was quoted saying, “I painted these paintings in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions.”
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