Joan Miró, Untitled, from Les pénalités de l’enfer ou les nouvelles Hébrides, 1974

Vibrant, playful, and unmistakably poetic, this striking lithograph by Joan Miró exemplifies the artist’s celebrated visual language of bold color, symbolic form, and imaginative abstraction. Created in 1974 as part of the portfolio Les pénalités de l’enfer ou les nouvelles Hébrides, the composition features Miró’s signature constellation of biomorphic shapes and expressive marks floating across a richly textured field of color. The central eye-like form, surrounded by luminous geometric planes and organic elements, evokes the dreamlike and cosmic imagery that defines Miró’s Surrealist universe, inviting the viewer into a world where symbols, color, and gesture merge into a lyrical visual narrative.

Printed as a lithograph in colors and measuring 29 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches, the work possesses an elegant vertical format that accentuates the rhythm and balance of Miró’s composition. This example is particularly desirable, as it is numbered from the first edition of a suite of seven signed works normally reserved for the fifteen deluxe copies of the portfolio published by the renowned Maeght. Hand-signed by Miró in white pencil in the lower right, the work reflects the artist’s extraordinary mastery of color lithography. Miró’s works are held in the permanent collections of the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, and the Fundació Joan Miró. Elegant and visually captivating, this lithograph stands as a highly collectible example of Miró’s imaginative brilliance and enduring influence on modern art.

Joan Miró Untitled, from the Les pénalités de l’enfer ou les nouvelles Hébrides portfolio, 1974 lithograph in colors is hand-signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma, 1983) in white pencil in the lower right and numbered from the first edition of a suite of 7, normally reserved for the 15 deluxe copies of the portfolio published by Maeght, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Joan Miró Untitled, from the Les pénalités de l’enfer ou les nouvelles Hébrides portfolio, 1974 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonné and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1.  Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: catalogue raisonné. Geneva: Patrick Cramer, Publisher, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 188.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Joan Miró Untitled, from the Les pénalités de l’enfer ou les nouvelles Hébrides portfolio, 1974 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.