Sans le soleil is a set of meditations on a text by Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher: "Without the sun, despite the other stars, it would be night." In 1965, Miró created a portfolio of etchings on this subject. The edition consisted of 75 signed portfolios containing 10 unsigned color etchings with aquatint. The first 25 portfolios also contained a set of 10 black and white etchings signed and numbered from 1/25 to 25/25 and a set of four compositions using one of the black plates and one of the color plates based upon a very elaborate signature, also in an edition of 25. The size of the paper (B. F. K. Rives or hand-made Auvergne Richard-de-Bas, is approximately 285x222mm. We have all ten of the color etchings (which come with a photocopy of the justification page containing Miró's signature and the information about the edition) and all ten of the black and white etchings signed by Miró. We also have a set of proofs of nine of the black and white plates unsigned from a separate HC portfolio.

Sans le Soleil I (Dupin 401, Cramer 98). Original color etching & aquatint from four plates, 1965. Image size: 285x222mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil III (D. 403, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from five plates, 1965. Image size: 285x222mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil II (D. 402, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from four plates, 1965. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: $Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil IV (D. 404, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from four plates, 1965. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil V (D. 405, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from four plates, 1965. Image size: 285x222mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil VII (D. 407, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from three plates, 1965. Image size: 285x222mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil VI (D. 406, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from three plates, 1965. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil VIII (D. 408, C. 98). Original color etching & aquatint from four plates, 1965. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

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Sans le Soleil Composition III. Original etching & aquatint with calligraphic pencil signature as the major design element of the work, 1965. Signed in pencil and numbered 2/25. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

Sans le Soleil Composition V. Original etching & aquatint with calligraphic pencil signature as the major design element of the work, 1965. Signed in pencil and numbered 2/25. Image size: 222x285mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.

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