Sale: 371 / Modern Art / Side lines of the German Avant-garde, Oct. 22. 2010 in Munich Lot 271

 
Joan Miró - Altamira


271
Joan Miró
Altamira, 1958.
Lithograph in colours
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,280
Sold:
€ 6,100 / $ 6,527

(incl. surcharge)
Lithograph in colors
Mourlot 186. Signed and numbered 2/75. On wove paper by Arches (with watermark). 44,4 x 60 cm (17,4 x 23,6 in)50,5 x 65,8 cm (19,8 x 25,9 in).
Printed and released by Galerie Maeght, Paris.

The motif of this sheet had already been developed by Joan Miró in the lithograph "L'Étrangère" (Mourlot 184) from the same year. The superficial application of the paint tand the twist into the horizontal leads to an altered and expressive appearance of the motif. Joan Miró chose this variant with minimal modifications for the cover of the exhibition catalog "Sur 4 murs" by the Galerie Maeght, 1958 (cf. Mourlot 185, Cramer 51). [EH].




271
Joan Miró
Altamira, 1958.
Lithograph in colours
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,280
Sold:
€ 6,100 / $ 6,527

(incl. surcharge)