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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Untitled from 'Album 21'
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1978 this work was one of twenty one illustrations Miró executed for Carlos Franqui’s collection of poetry entitled Album 21. A character gazes at the viewer, its eyes wid...
Lithograph
Plate X, 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 black ink, numbered from the edition of 75 (the total edition included 15 impressions numbe...
Lithograph
La longue et l'evaporée
By Joan Miró
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Joan Miró, 1973 Etching and aquatint Signed and numbered by hand Certified by the Joan Miró Foundation on the back of the painting Copy 44 of 50 Catalogue raisonné Miro Engraver v...
Etching, Aquatint
Son Abrines II
By Joan Miró
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Autor: Joan Miró Título: “Son Abrines II” Año: 1987 Técnica: Grabado H.C. Firma Estapillada Medidas: 91 x 70 cm. Enmarcado Catalogue raisonné Miró Engraver Vol.IV - Dupin 1303
Engraving
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Nébuleuse (Nebula), 1958
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Nebula is an exciting intellectual piece that blends the artistic and scientific sensibilities of Miró. Composed of red, blue, yellow and green circles floating along a black ring, t...
Lithograph
Personnage a la Flèche Noire
By Joan Miró
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Author: Joan Miró. Title: Personnage a la Flèche Noire Year: 1977. Technique: Etching and aquatint. Print run of 50 copies, signed and numbered by hand. Certified by the Fundació Joa...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
$18,000
Joan Miro Grans Rupestres II Etching Signed Authentic Edition Contemporary Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Joan Miro Title: Grans Rupestres II Medium: Aquatint Etching Size: 27"h x 35"w Frame: 47.25"h x 39" Edition: X/15 Inscription: Signed and numbered Condition: Museum quality D...
Aquatint, Paper, Etching
Joan Miro - Original Abstract Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro Miro Original Abstract Lithograph Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Original lithograph on Rives vellum Portfolio: Miro Lithographe III Year: 1977 Edit...
Lithograph
One Plate, from Ubu au Baléares
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1971, on Japon nacré paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 120, printed by Mourlot, published by Tériade, Paris, 50.4 x 66.2 cm. (19¾ x 26 in.)
Lithograph
'Revolutions I' From Atelier Mourlot
By Joan Miró
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joan Miro Revolutions I Societe internationale d'art XXe siecle, Paris Original Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper Mint Condition 1975
Lithograph
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Lithographe III
By Joan Miró
Located in Wilton, CT
1 pint from the Lithographe III suite. unsigned.
Lithograph
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Personnage a l'oei'l rouge (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Personnage a l'oei'l rouge Color Lithograph Year: 1961 Size: 18.375 x 23.125 inches (27.62 x 56.19 cm) Catalogue Raisonné: Weber, Genf 949, p.86 Signed in stone, lower ri...
Lithograph
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Barcelona
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Joan Miró Barcelona, 1972-1973 is an in depth extraction of the artist’s psyche and imagination. As a Surrealist, Miró uses automatic drawing, wher...
Etching, Aquatint
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La Fronde (The Slingshot)
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
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...
Etching, Aquatint
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Ma de Proverbis, Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph in colors on Arches paper (with watermark) was created by the artist in 1970. Signed in the stone, (lower right) from the edition of 1000.
Lithograph
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Gaudi XX, (D. 1079)
By Joan Miró
Located in Missouri, MO
Gaudi XX, (D. 1079), 1979 By. Joan Miro Signed Lower Right Edition 41/50 Lower Left Unframed: 37.5" x 30.75" Framed: 46.5" x 39" Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912 he studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
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Bethsabee
By Joan Miró
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Miro “Bethsabee” 1972 Etching and Aquatint in Colors on Wove Paper Hand-Signed by the Artist in Pencil Lower Right Numbered in Pencil “5/50” Lower Left Maeght editeur Pairs Printing: Morsang, Paris Sheet Size: 36 x 24 3/4 inches Framed Size: approx 41 x 39 inches Catalogue Raisonne: Miro Engravings Vol. 2 (1961-1973), Pg. 197, #556 Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912 he studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in art...
Etching, Aquatint
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Barcelona: XXV - Joan Miró, Print, Lithograph, Surrealism, Fauvism, Figurative
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
Lithograph. From the 'Barcelona Series'. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 5. Printed in 1944 on Torras Juvinya paper. Publ...
Lithograph
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Hai-Ku Series
By Joan Miró
Located in Missouri, MO
Color Lithograph Ed. 15/100 Signed and Numbered
Lithograph
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Ruthven Todd Poem
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Ruthven Todd Poem Year: 1966 (1970) Medium: Ink and Crayon on Guarro laid paper, signed l.r. Size: 14.5 x 10 in. (36.83 x 25.4 cm) Fra...
Wax Crayon, Ink