Lot 203
  • 203

Joan Miró

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joan Miró
  • La Bague d'Aurore (D. 127; See C. Bks. 45)
  • etching and aquatint printed in colors on Rives BFK paper
  • plate: 140 by 115 mm 5 1/2 by 4 1/2 in
  • sheet: 379 by 282 mm 14 7/8 by 11 1/8 in
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1957, signed in pencil and inscribed 'épreuve d'artiste X/X', an artist's proof from the total edition of 87, on Rives wove paper, published by Louis Broder, Paris, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, with full margins. Pale light-stain, darkest at mat opening and faint time-stain at extreme sheet edges. Two very pale bands of discoloration in upper corners due to remnants of hinge tape on the verso. (Two narrow areas of adhesive residue at upper and lower left extreme sheet edge and a few minuscule fox marks in the margins.) The verso is unevenly toned with two hinge remnants along the upper sheet edge and two small bands of adhesive residue along the proper left sheet edge. A few tiny fox marks and traces of surface soiling also on the verso.
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