Joan Miro
“Les Géants 1 (Giants 1) 1960 HS - Huge 41x58”
Limited Edition Print : Etching and Aquatint w/ Embossing on B.F.K. Rives Paper
Size: 23.00x36.00 inches | 58x91 cm
Framed : 41.00x53.00 in | 104x135 cm
Edition: From the Edition of 50
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Year1960
Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil
Condition Excellent
Framed with PlexiglassBlack Frame w/ White Mat
Purchased fromAuction House 2023
Provenance / HistoryPublished by Maeght, Paris; Printed by Crommelynck et Dutrou, Paris; Dupin CR # 276
Story / Additional Info"Les Géants (The Giants)" is a series of six aquatints reflecting Miro's revulsion to the Spanish Civil War. "Les Géants 1" is the first print in this series. In 1936, Miro and his family fled Paris to escape the Spanish Civil War. The atrocities that plagued his native Spain during this period caused Miró great anguish for the rest of his life. His works at this time offered nightmarish visions filled with grotesque giants, and menacing figures, whose teeth, fists, and snarling facial expressions convey the terror and suffering of war. "Les Géants 1" is a powerful example of his return to this iconography in his prints in 1960.
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LID164704