Les Scarabees 1978 HS

Year1978

Hand SignedSigned By the Artist in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Framed without Glass 

Purchased fromAuction House 2019 

Provenance / HistoryProvenance: Martin Galleries, United States South Florida deceased Estate. 

Story / Additional InfoLes Scarabees . Published by : Maeght éditeur, Paris, Printed by: Morsang, Reference: Dupin, Jacques. Miró Engraver, vol. IV , Rizzoli: New York, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1022 
Size: Image: 210 x 420 mms ; Paper size 460 x 635 mms Note: This was part of a series of works which Miro made depicting various animals 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID127428

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