Joán Miró

The portfolio, comprising one lithograph and 22 pochoir reproductions printed in colors of gouaches painted by the artist, with text by André Breton, 1959, the lithograph signed in pencil, numbered 316/350, also signed on the justification in blue ink and red ballpoint pen by the artist and author, respectively, numbered 316, from the total edition of 384, on Arches wove paper, printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, published by Pierre Matisse, New York, contained in the original paper folders and linen-covered portfolio box (23 prints)

The portfolio is in good condition. The lithograph is in good condition, the full sheet. Two creases, the largest 1/2 inch in the right sheet edge at bottom. Unobtrusive stray ink in the left and bottom margins. The pochoirs with strong colors and pale discoloration on the verso. Two Pochoirs with an occasional scuff mark at the periphery of the images, most apparent in raking light. Another with an inconspicuous crease in the bottom right corner. The justification page is off-printed onto the adjacent sheet. The bottom quarter of text pages 5, 11 and 12 are foxed. Foxing in the bottom deckles of each text page. Occasional soft-handling creases and time-stains at the extreme sheet edges of the original paper wrappers.
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