Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971 is a dazzling example of the artist’s poetic surrealism. Bursting with vibrant color and playful abstraction, the lithograph fuses dreamlike forms with bold, gestural lines, evoking a fantastical world where imagination reigns.

Joan Miró’s Plate III from Le Lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971, stands as a radiant testament to the artist’s boundless imagination and lyrical abstraction. Created as part of one of Miró’s most ambitious illustrated books, this Miró lithograph combines his fascination with dreamlike imagery, poetic symbolism, and a vibrant chromatic language. Bold gestural marks intertwine with playful, organic forms, suggesting a surreal landscape in which creatures and symbols emerge with whimsical vitality. The vivid bursts of color—set against areas of airy openness—convey both movement and stillness, reflecting Miró’s ability to balance spontaneity with deliberate artistic control. In this plate, the lizard, adorned with golden feathers, becomes a fantastical figure, at once mysterious and enchanting, embodying Miró’s vision of a universe animated by imagination and wonder. Revered for its harmony of color, form, and poetic invention, Plate III captures the essence of Miró’s late career, where childlike curiosity and profound artistry coalesce into timeless visual poetry.

Created in 1971, Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971 is a color lithograph hand signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma, 1983) in pencil in the image lower right, and numbered from the edition of 100 in pencil in the image lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris; published by Louis Broder, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971 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 sale of the work).

1. Cramer, Patrick, ed. Joan Miró The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Gevena: Patrick Creamer Publisher, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 148.
2. Maeght Éditeur. Joan Miró Lithographs Volume V1969-1972. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1992. Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971 is listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 793.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany our Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Joan Miró Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.