MIRO, Joan, Le Chien Bleu (The Blue Dog), 1959
Joan Miró Ferra was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona. At the age of 14, he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja&… [Read biography »]
Signed Joan Miro (1893 - 1983), Color Etching and Aquatint, Le Chien Bleu (The Blue Dog), 1959  |
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| Artist: | Miro, Joan (1893 - 1983) |
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| Title: | Le Chien Bleu (The Blue Dog), 1959 |
| Reference: | M.1714 |
| Medium: | Color Etching and Aquatint |
| Image Size: | 24 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in (61.6 cm x 47.63 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 33 3/8 in x 24 1/2 in (84.79 cm x 62.23 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 43 3/4 in x 35 1/2 in (111.13 cm x 90.17 cm) |
| Signed: | This work is hand signed by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) |
| Edition: | Numbered 230/300 in pencil the lower left margin |
| Condition: | This work is in great condition, the colors are bold and bright |
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| Description: | |
Exhibiting the artist's wonderfully detailed surrealist imagery, this work expresses a spirit of freedom and originality. Full of bright hues and contrasting tones with painterly applications of color, this work is a dazzling display of the artist's mastery of skill and technique. Designed with lyrical lines and playful characters, this work illustrates the artist's free expression with a wonderful array of colors. A vibrant blue crescent moon sits in the upper right, with a variety of figures in black with accents of red, blue, green and yellow. The background of earthy ochre and yellow allows the linear and solid figures to stand out in strong contrast, and creates a textural and tactile experience. Jacques Dupin discussed the original paintings from this time period, "The spirit does not, to him, exist alone or prior to things. It emanates from them. What expresses it on the canvas, its vehicle - the play of line and color, the plastic values and rhythm - must similarly emanate from a progressive animation of the materials, from the living, emotionally inspiring substance that is the ground…Actually these paintings constitute (though this has never been said before) one of the most important 'series' in this artist's work." (Dupin 393) Original color aquatint after an untitled painting by Miró, which was created in 1949. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered "230/300" in pencil, lower left. Printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1) Dupin, Jacques, Joan Miró, Life and Work, the original painting is listed as cat no 725 on pg 555. 2) Dupin, Jacques and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, Vol III: 1942-1955, 2001, original painting listed as cat no 827 on pg 133. 3) Catalogue referenced in Gallery Maeght Archives as: Maeght 1714. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | 20th Century Modern Master, Surrealism |
Biography of Joan Miro
Joan Miro (1893 - 1983)
Joan Miró Ferra was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona. At the age of 14, he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja’s Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales y Bellas Artes in the same city. Upon completing three years of art studies, he took a position as a clerk. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Francesc Galí’s Escola d’Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915. Miró received early encouragement from the dealer José Dalmau, who gave him his first solo show at his gallery in Barcelona in 1918. In 1917, he met Francis Picabia.
In 1920, Miró made his first trip to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso. From this time, Miró divided his time between Paris and Montroig, Spain. In Paris, he associated with the poets Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy, and Tristan Tzara and participated in Dada activities. Dalmau organized Miró’s first solo show in Paris, at the Galerie la Licorne in 1921. His work was included in the Salon d’Automne of 1923. In 1924, Miró joined the Surrealist group. His solo show at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, in 1925 was a major Surrealist event; Miró was included in the first Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie Pierre that same year. He visited the Netherlands in 1928 and began a series of paintings inspired by Dutch masters. This year he also executed his first papiers collés and collages. In 1929, he started his experiments in lithography, and his first etchings date from 1933. During the early 1930s, he made Surrealist sculptures incorporating painted stones and found objects. In 1936, Miró left Spain because of the civil war; he returned in 1941. Also in 1936, Miró was included in the exhibitions Cubism and Abstract Art and Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The following year, he was commissioned to create a monumental work for the Paris World’s Fair.
Miró’s first major museum retrospective was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1941. That year, Miró began working in ceramics with Josep Lloréns y Artigas and started to concentrate on prints; from 1954 to 1958, he worked almost exclusively in Miro prints and ceramics. He received the Grand Prize for Graphic Work at the Venice Biennale in 1954, and his work was included in the first Documenta exhibition in Kassel the following year. In 1958, Miró was given a Guggenheim International Award for murals for the UNESCO building in Paris. The following year, he resumed painting, initiating a series of mural-sized canvases. During the 1960s, he began to work intensively in sculpture. Miró retrospectives took place at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, in 1962, and the Grand Palais, Paris, in 1974. In 1978, the Musée National d’Art Moderne exhibited over 500 works in a major retrospective of Miro drawings. Joan Miro died December 25, 1983, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
