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Spaightwood Galleries
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193; 800-809-3343
Joan Miró: 1970-73
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Ronde de Nuit / Night Watch (M. 672). Original color lithograph, 1971. 75 signed & numbered impressions plus c.1500 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derriere le Miroir of which ours is one. The title suggests that this is a modern version of Rembrandts famous painting of the civic guard goiing about their nightly watch. This lithograph is singled out for special comment by Raymond Queneau in the preface to Miro Lithographe IV. One of Miró's most delightful lithographs. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1275.
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Cahier d'Ombres I (M. 743). Original color lithograph, 1971. 200 signed impressions plus some HC and printer's proofs. Published by Maeght, Paris. Image size: 300x235mm. Price: $5100.
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Jeune fille aux papillons / Young woman with butterflies (M. 740). Original color lithograph, 1971. 75 signed & numbered impressions plus c.1500 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derriere le Miroir of which ours is one. This lithograph is singled out for special comment in the preface to Miro Lithographe IV. One of Miró's most delightful lithographs. Image size: 380x280mm. Price: $1275.
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Ram in bloom (M. 739). Original color lithograph, 1971. 75 signed & numbered impressions plus c.1500 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derriere le Miroir of which ours is one. This lithograph is singled out for special comment in the preface to Miro Lithographe IV. One of Miró's most delightful lithographs. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1275.
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Ubu aux Baléares X (M. 775). Original color lithograph, 1971. 120 signed & numbered impressions plus 6 HC printed at Mourlot on Arches vellum. In this work, Miró revisits his 1966 Ubu Roi series, presenting a less serious version of the farcical existence of Pere Ubu. Image size: 506x661mm. Price: $9100.
The colors are actually stronger than they appear in this potograph, where I sacrificed vividness to get the white paper to show as white, not gray.
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Miró a l'encre I (M. 837). Original color lithograph, 1972. 70 signed and numbered iimpressions on paper with large margins plus 20 HC impressions. There were also an number of unsigned impressions publshed in Yvon Talliendier's Miró a l'encre, an important study of Miró as a printmaker published in Paris in 1972, of which this is one. Image size: 347x258mm. Price: $725.
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Miró a l'encre II (M. 838). Original color lithograph, 1972. 70 signed and numbered impressions on paper with large margins plus 20 HC impressions. There were also an number of unsigned impressions publshed in Yvon Talliendier's Miró a l'encre, an important study of Miró as a printmaker published in Paris in 1972, of which this is one. Image size: 347x258mm. Price: $725.
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Affiche Exposition Zurich 1972 Avant la Lettre (M. 841; Miró's Posters 59). Original color lithograph, 1972. 150 signed & numbered impressions before lettering + c. 1000 posters. Ours is an unsigned proof before lettering on the paper used for the poster edition announcing a show at Galerie Maeght, Zurich, perhaps to check for color balance. Our impression purchased directly from Galerie Maeght, Paris, the publisher of the print. Image size: 740x345mm. Price: $1250.
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Jardin au claire de lune / Garden illuminated by moonlight (M. 896). Original color lithograph, 1973. 100 signed an numbered iimpressions on paper with large margins plus an edition of unsigned impressions of unknown size publshed in Hommage à Teriade, a catalogue accompanying an exhibit at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1973, of which this is one. Image size: 329x239mm. Price: $875.
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The Flight of the Alosa (M. 924). Original lithograph, 1973. 90 signed & numbered impressions with color plus 20 impressions from the black stone reworked by the artist in black crayon. Ours is an impression annotated HC lower left and signed in pencil lower right. Rare in this state. Image size: 436x650mm. Price: $8150.
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Barcelona Series 1972-73 (D. 596, B. 208). Original etching & aquatint with carborundum, 1973. 50 signed & numbered impressions on Guarro printed by J. J. Torralba & published by Sala Gaspar Editeur, Barcelona. Miró signed this piece both up-side-up and up-side-down.. Image size: 750x1050mm. Price: $18,500.
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Hommage à Joan Miró (Dupin 866). Original color aquatint and etching with carborundum, 1973. 275 signed impressions on Guarro printed by J. J. Torralba & published by Sala Gaspar Editeur, Barcelona, on the occasion of Miró's 80th birthday. Annotated "cordialment" by Miró. There were no numbered impressions of this piece, Miró's birthday gift to his friends. Image size: 685x493mm. Price: $16,500.
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Picasso i els reventos / Picasso and the ghosts (Dupin 588). Original color etching & aquatint,1973. 215 signed & numbered impressions (33 with Roman numbers on Rives plus 182 with Arabic numbers on Guarro, of which ours is one. There are also 17 HC impressions). Published by Editorial Gustavo Gilli to benefit the Fondation Picasso at Reventos. A witty tribute to Picasso, one of the first to praise Miró's genius. Image size: 240x440mm. Price: SOLD.
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Sobreteixims 2 (M. 890). Original color lithograph, 1973. An unknown number of unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derriere le Miroir of which ours is one. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1275.
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Sobreteixims 3 (M. 891). Original color lithograph, 1973. An unknown number of unsigned impressions published in the deluxe art review Derriere le Miroir of which ours is one. Image size: 380x560mm. Price: $1275.
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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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