Lot 53
  • 53

Joan Miró

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Je travaille comme un jardinière: variant of the cover (M. 418; see Cramer Books 90)
  • lithographs
  • M. 418 sheet: 360 by 562mm 14 1/8 by 22 1/8 in
  • M. 83 sheet: 445 by 563 mm 19 1/2 by 22 1/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1964, signed in pencil and inscribed 'EA' (an artist's proof aside from the edition of 75), published by XXe Siècle, Paris, printed by Mourlot, Paris; together with Album 13: One plate (M. 83), lithograph, 1948, signed in pencil, inscribed épreuve d'artiste (an artist's proof aside from the edition of 75), published by Maeght, Paris, on wove papers

Condition

Cover (M. 418) - the full sheet, a deckle edge at right, in good condition except that the sheet is very slightly toned overall, a mild paper abrasion in the area of the 'EA', unframed. Album 13: one plate (M. 83) - with margins, a deckle edge at right, in good condition apart from handling creases, pale discoloration to the sheet, short creases across the tips of the upper left and lower right corners, a skinned patch in the upper left margin (with 'X' inscribed over the area), faint remains of an erased dedication in the lower margin 'pour Celestin', unframed.
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