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Folio 25 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

Joan MiróWW-1949-M147469

1949·Lithograph from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut·composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 x 6 7/8" (24.7 x 17.5cm); page: 12 11/16 × 9 15/16" (32.2 × 25.2 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1949
Medium: Lithograph from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 x 6 7/8" (24.7 x 17.5cm); page: 12 11/16 × 9 15/16" (32.2 × 25.2 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Joan Miró

Artist

Joan Miró

Painting

Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist from Spain. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma, Mallorca in 1981. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism but with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism. He was notable for his interest in the unconscious or the subconscious mind, reflected in his re-creation of the childlike. His difficult-to-classify works also had a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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