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Lot 45
  • 45

Joán Miró

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Joan Miró
  • Série III: Plate II (D. 89)
  • etching, aquatint
  • plate: 247 by 320 mm 9 3/4 by 12 5/8 in
  • sheet: 327 by 461 mm 13 by 18 1/4 in
Soft ground etching and aquatint in colors, 1952 - 1953, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 49/50 (total edition includes an unspecified number of artist's proofs), from Série III, on Arches wove paper, printed by Atelier Lacouriére, Paris, published by Galerie Maeght, Paris éditeur, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, apart from pale light stain, the full sheet with fresh colors. Several inconspicuous fox marks and unobtrusive surface soiling in the margins. The verso, with backboard stain, except in the corners which were mounted with alkaline paper. (Tiny, unobtrusive fox marks and surface soiling. Inconspicuous skinning in the top corners from a previous hinging).
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