Miró Lithographs - Joan Miró - Dover Fine Art, History of Art

Miró Lithographs by Joan Miró brings together a focused selection of the artist’s work in print. This Dover Fine Art, History of Art paperback edition presents 40 reproduced plates across 48 pages.

Key details

• Author: Joan Miró
• Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 48
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• ISBN: 9780486244372

Synopsis

Miró describes his aim as “maximum clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness”, seeking a physical sensation followed by a psychological impact. The lithographic medium, the text suggests, both suited and sharpened his long-standing drive to strip art back to its essentials, while supporting bold experimentation and innovation alongside his work in ceramics, sculpture and printmaking.

The 40 plates reproduced here draw from a series produced in 1944, characterised by eerie imagery and droll distortion. Executed shortly after the well-known “constellation” paintings and around the time of his mother’s death and his first ceramic firings with Artigas, these prints are presented as a significant moment in his career, extending lithographic technique and demonstrating his command of black-and-white.

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