Joan Miró, Le Prophète La Nuit (The Prophet at Night), 1965 is a striking and poetic example of the artist’s extraordinary ability to create an entire visual universe from the simplest of lines, symbols, and colors. Against an intense black ground, a mysterious figure emerges through delicate white contours and brilliant accents of yellow, blue, red, and green. The composition has the immediacy of a spontaneous drawing, yet every element feels remarkably considered: the sweeping outline of the figure, the penetrating eye-like form, the radiant red starburst, and the energetic passage of yellow all seem to float within the darkness. The title, translated as The Prophet at Night, adds an evocative dimension to the imagery, suggesting a nocturnal figure inhabiting the mysterious territory between dreams, imagination, and reality. Miró’s dramatic use of black allows the luminous colors to appear almost suspended in space, giving the work a wonderful sense of depth despite the economy of its imagery. At once playful, enigmatic, and deeply poetic, Le Prophète la nuit demonstrates Miró’s remarkable ability to transform a handful of seemingly simple gestures into an image filled with personality, movement, and emotional presence.

Le Prophète la nuit would be an especially beautiful Miró to live with. The expansive black background gives the work an elegant, sophisticated presence, while its flashes of yellow, blue, green, red, and white provide just enough color to animate a room without overwhelming it. From across a space, the image has tremendous graphic impact; up close, the irregularity of Miró’s lines and the subtle relationships among his mysterious symbols become increasingly captivating. There is also something wonderfully human about the central figure—it can appear whimsical at one moment, contemplative at another, allowing the personality of the work to evolve the longer one lives with it. Its combination of simplicity, mystery, humor, and unmistakable Miró imagery makes it the kind of artwork that can feel equally at home in a refined contemporary interior or surrounded by more traditional furnishings. It is a work that commands attention without shouting for it, bringing imagination, sophistication, and a touch of poetry into an everyday living environment.

About Joan Miró
Joan Miró (1893–1983) was one of the most influential and instantly recognizable artists of the twentieth century. Born in Barcelona, Miró developed a highly personal vocabulary of stars, moons, birds, women, eyes, constellations, and biomorphic forms that transformed the possibilities of modern art. Closely associated with Surrealism while maintaining an independent artistic identity, he sought a visual language capable of expressing imagination, dreams, poetry, and the subconscious with remarkable economy and freedom. Miró worked across painting, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and printmaking, and his graphic work became an especially important part of his artistic achievement. His seemingly spontaneous marks often disguise an exceptionally sophisticated understanding of composition: a single line, splash of color, or floating symbol can completely alter the balance and emotional character of an image. Miró’s distinctive vocabulary ultimately transcended individual movements and became one of the defining visual languages of modern art, with his work represented in major museum collections throughout the world.

Created in 1965, Le Prophète La Nuit (The Prophet at Night), 1965, is an etching on Arches paper. Hand-signed by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) in the lower right, this work is numbered from an edition of 75 in pencil in the lower left. Printed by Maeght, Levallois-Perret and published by Maeght éditeur, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Joan Miró, Le Prophète La Nuit (The Prophet at Night), 1965, is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work):
1. Dupin, Jacques. Miró Engraver, vol. II 1961 – 1973, Rizzoli International Publications: New York, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 397 on pg. 69.
2. 2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany Joan Miró, Le Prophète La Nuit (The Prophet at Night), 1965,

About the Framing:
Joan Miró, Le Prophète La Nuit (The Prophet at Night), 1965, is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.

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