Abstract Lithograph I, Maegh Editor, Derriere le Miroir, 1978
1978

About the Item

Designed by Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893 – 1983) Untitled, not signed and not numbered. Published in 1978 by Gallery Maegh for Derriere Le Miroir. Offset Lithograph Joan Miro was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma in 1981. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism but with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism.He was notable for his interest in the unconscious or the subconscious mind, reflected in his re-creation of the childlike. His difficult-to-classify works also had a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting. Born into a family of a goldsmith and a watchmaker, Miró grew up in the Barri Gòtic neighborhood of Barcelona.The Miró surname indicates possible Jewish roots (in terms of marrano or converso Iberian Jews who converted to Christianity).His father was Miquel Miró Adzerias and his mother was Dolors Ferrà. He began drawing classes at the age of seven at a private school at Carrer del Regomir 13, a medieval mansion. To the dismay of his father, he enrolled at the fine art academy at La Llotja in 1907. He studied at the Cercle Artístic de Sant Llucand he had his first solo show in 1918 at the Galeries Dalmau, where his work was ridiculed and defaced.Inspired by Fauve and Cubist exhibitions in Barcelona and abroad, Miró was drawn towards the arts community that was gathering in Montparnasse and in 1920 moved to Paris, but continued to spend his summers in Catalonia.

Creation Year:

1978

Dimensions:

Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Medium:

Lithograph

Movement & Style:

Abstract Geometric

After:

(after) Joan Miró (1893 - 1983, Spanish)

Period:

Mid-20th Century