Category
Print-MultipleMedium
EtchingType of Artwork
Original artwork (75)Certificate issued by
Gilden's Art GallerySignature
Hand signedSize of the artwork
63 x 90.8 cm(24.8 x 35.75 in)
Invoice issued by
Gilden's Art GalleryCondition
good conditionPublisher
Pierre Matisse, New YorkCatalogue raisonné reference
Dupin 609; Cramer 174Artwork description
Joan MIRO
(1893-1983)
Composition IV, from: Etchings for an Exhibition(1973)
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This original etching and aquatint in colours is monogrammed in pencil by the artist “M" at lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left corner.
It was printed by Morsang, Paris and published by Pierre Matisse, New York in 1973 in a limited edition of 75 impressions. There were also a 15 hors commerce [Out of Trade] proofs aside the standard edition.
This is the fourth composition (of four) etchings produced by the artist on the occasion of the 1973 exhibition “Miró, paintings, gouaches, sobreteixims, sculpture and etchings” held at Pierre Matisse, New York. The suite also included one lithograph.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower left corner.
Provenance: Private collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet it very slightly toned. The upper margin with slight rippling. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.