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Spaightwood Galleries
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193; 800-809-3343
Joan Miró: 1953-56
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In 1948, Miro began his long association with Aime Maeght, who had recently founded Galerie Maeght. He also began working very closely with Josep Llorens Artigas, his old friend and a master ceramicist. The combination led to several important shows at Galerie Maeght featuring his ceramics done in collaboration with Artigas and an increasing interest in lithographs and, later etchings. It also led to increasing abstraction in Miro's work, perhaps because of his interest in peeking in the kiln to check on the progress of ceramics being fired. Images of fire, which become more predominant in the early 1960s begin appearing as do solar images and images of the heavens. It also leads to such masterpieces as the Woman in Fron of the Mirror and the Oiseau Zephyr / Zephyr Bird illustrated below.
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Untitled (M. 206a). Original color lithograph, 1953. 1350 unsigned impressions for an exhibition catalogue for a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in 1953. This lithograph served as the front cover. Image size: 310x240mm. Price: $875.
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Untitled (M. 206b). Original color lithograph, 1953. 1350 unsigned impressions for an exhibition catalogue for a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in 1953. This lithograph served as the rear cover. Image size: 310x240mm. Price: $875.
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Untitled (M. 209). 1350 unsigned impressions for an exhibition catalogue for a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in 1953 (there are no signed and numbered impressions). With the ususal centerfold, visible mostly from the verso. Image size: 310x480mm. Price: $1650.
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Untitled (M. 209). Original color lithograph, 1953. 1350 unsigned impressions for an exhibition catalogue for a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in 1953. A playful yet brooding portrait of a very determined woman in the moonlight. Image size: 310x240mm. Price: $1575.
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Woman in front of a mirror (M. 242). Original color lithograph, 1956. 2000 impressions signed in the stone were published in Dix Ans d'Edition in 1956 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Galerie Maeght, Miró's dealer. In 1957 150 signed & numbered impressions on paper with wide margins were published (one of which sold at auction at Sotheby's in 1990 for $99,000). One of Miro's most important and frequently illustrated lithographs Illustrated Taillander, Indelible Miro and on the rear cover of Miro in Montreal. Image size: 374x554mm. Price: $7600.
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Zephyr Bird (M. 227). Original color lithograph, 1956. 100 signed & numbered impressions + c. 1500 unsigned impressions. Illustrated Taillander, Indelible Miro. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: SOLD.
One of Miro's most important and frequently illustrated lithographs; available in an unsigned impression with centerfold published in 1956 in a special issue of the deluxe art review, Derriere le Miroir devoted to Miro's works. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1950.
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Terres de grands feu (M. 222). Original color lithograph, 1956. Edition unknown (c. 1500 unsigned impression spublished in 1956 in a special issue of the deluxe art review, Derriere le Miroir devoted to Miro's ceramics). This lithgraph served as the cover and comes with the usual folds where it was wrapped around the pages of the issue. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1250.
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Untitled (M. 223). Original color lithograph, 1956. Edition unknown (published in 1956 in a special issue of the deluxe art review, Derriere le Miroir devoted to Miro's works). Image size: 380x280mm. Price: $575.
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Untitled (M. 226). Original color lithograph, 1956. Edition unknown (published in 1956 in a special issue of the deluxe art review, Derriere le Miroir devoted to Miro's works). There were no pencil-signed and numbered impressions of this print. Image size: 380x280mm. Price: $575.
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Untitled (M. 228). Original color lithograph, 1956. Edition unknown (published in 1956 in a special issue of the deluxe art review, Derriere le Miroir devoted to Miro's works). There were no pencil-signed and numbered impressions of this print. Image size: 380x280mm. Price: $575.
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to sptwd@verizon.net. We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
Visiting hours: Saturday and Sunday noon to 6 pm and other times by arrangement.
Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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