Joan Miró

Three lithographs printed in colours, 1969, the first, second and third (final) states, each signed in pencil, the first annotated '1er état' and 'II/III', the second with Miro's annotations for the printer and dated 28/VII/69, three proofs, aside from the final edition of 100, on Arches wove paper

First state - with full margins, a deckle edge at right, in good condition apart from a soft diagonal crease across the upper left corner of the image, occasional further minor handling creases at the sheet edges, unframed. Second state - with wide margins (the sheet measures 725 by 539mm), in good condition apart from a few long surface scuffs (graphite?) visible in the black in the lower portion of the image, vertical creases along the lower right and upper left sheet edges, occasional minor surface soiling verso, inscribed in pencil 'Fernand Mourlot' verso, unframed. Final state - with full margins, in good condition, a few soft handling creases in the lower and right margins, minor surface soiling at the edge of the lower right sheet corner, unframed.
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