Les Penalites de L'Eenfer ou les Nouvelles-Hebrides HC 1974 HS

Year1974

Hand SignedLower Right in White Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassBlack Frame w/ Red Mat 

Purchased fromAuction House 2023 

Story / Additional InfoTitle: Les Penalites De L'enfer Ou Les Nouvelles-Hebrides (s.9758)The Penalties of Hell or the New Hebrides. Medium: Original Lithograph, 1974, on Arches paper, in colours, signed by the artist in white pencil, the full sheet. Edition: HC - This is part of a suite which consisted of 25 unsigned lithographs, 5 lithographs, signed in an edition of 50 and two Lithographs (including this one) signed in white pencil in an edition of just 15 reserved for the “Premiers exemplars du livre.” Size: Sheet: 279 x 750 mms (10 9/16” x 29 ⅝”) Published by: Maeght Editeur, Paris, France. Printed by: Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris. References: Maeght (Volume V) Number 985Patrick Cramer: “Joan Miro: The Illustrated books” : 188 Note: Both the Spanish artist Joan Miro and the French poet Robert Desnos were prominent figures in the Surrealist movement in Paris, where they met in 1925. Miro had long planned to illustrate a book by Desnos, but the project was delayed by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. 

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Joan Miro - Spain

Park West Artist: Blue Chip Spanish artist Joan Miró was a seminal figure in 20th-century avant-garde painting. The Spanish artist's innovative use of line, organic shapes, and color represents a major contribution to Surrealism. Representative of his ability to conjure evocative space—Miró's famed triptych Blue I,II,II (1961), portrays a floating world using only blue, orange, and black. "Little by little, I've reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors," the artist reflected. "It's not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this." Born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain, the artist first studied commerce before defying his parents and enrolling at the art academy in his hometown. In 1919, Miró moved to Paris where he fell into the Surrealist milieu, befriending André Breton, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, and André Masson. Miró's work profoundly influenced several American painters, including Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko. The artist died at age 90 on December 25, 1983 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, a museum dedicated to the artist and his legacy. Listings wanted