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Joan MiróPoster for the film 'Umbracle' 1973
1973
About the Item
Joan Miró Poster for the film 'Umbracle,' 1973 is a lively work that was originally created as a movie poster for the film Umbracle, an experimental feature film by Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella. Bold colors, lively imagery, and vivid spontaneity are standard to Miró's iconic works, and this piece is no exception.
Miró focuses on the title of the film, spelling out the title in letters that appear to buzz with animation. He utilizes swirling lines that surround the letters to create this sense of energy. He frames the title writing in his trademark fanciful forms such as asterisks, eyes, and arrows that add a splash of color in green, blue, yellow, and red. This original color lithograph was printed before the additional movie credit lettering seen on the poster, allowing the viewer to focus on Miro's whimsical depiction of the title Umbracle.
Created in 1973, this color lithograph is hand-signed in the lower right in pencil by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983) and also signed in the stone 'Miró' in black in the left of the image. Inscribed "H.C" (hors de commerce) in pencil in the lower left margin, aside from the numbered edition of 50. This work was published by Sala Gaspar, Barcelona and printed by Puresa, Barcelona.
Catalogue Raisonné:
Joan Miró Poster for the film 'Umbracle,' 1973 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. Maeght Éditeur, Joan Miró Lithographe Vol. V 1972-1975. The poster edition is listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 922 on pg. 59.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
About the Framing:
Joan Miró Poster for the film 'Umbracle,' 1973 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.
- Creator:Joan Miró (1893 - 1983, Catalan)
- Creation Year:1973
- Dimensions:Height: 29.32 in (74.48 cm)Width: 22.13 in (56.22 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Palo Alto, CA
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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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