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A Toute Épreuve

Joan MiróWW-1958-M128073

1958·Suites issued on chine; this copy also includes the original publisher's announcement, loosely inserted. Folio; 55 unnumbered leaves, 27 folded sheets, 1 inserted single sheet. Illustrated with 80 color woodcuts by Miró - four conceived as double-page spreads including that for the cover. Loose as issued in original publisher's cream printed wrappers with Miró's woodcut, separate wrapper for the suite, parchment-backed wooden board chemise with gilt title to spine and matching slipcase. Edition of 130 on Arches; one of 20 copies with a separate suite of the woodcuts hors-texte on chine and an additional woodcut-printed in black only, with gouache heightening by Miró·book, closed: 14 1/8 × 11 × 1 13/16" (35.9 × 28 × 4.6 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1958
Medium: Suites issued on chine; this copy also includes the original publisher's announcement, loosely inserted. Folio; 55 unnumbered leaves, 27 folded sheets, 1 inserted single sheet. Illustrated with 80 color woodcuts by Miró - four conceived as double-page spreads including that for the cover. Loose as issued in original publisher's cream printed wrappers with Miró's woodcut, separate wrapper for the suite, parchment-backed wooden board chemise with gilt title to spine and matching slipcase. Edition of 130 on Arches; one of 20 copies with a separate suite of the woodcuts hors-texte on chine and an additional woodcut-printed in black only, with gouache heightening by Miró
Dimensions: book, closed: 14 1/8 × 11 × 1 13/16" (35.9 × 28 × 4.6 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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