Joan Miro (1893 - 1983)
Title: Les Scarabees
(The Beetles)
Medium: Original colour wash, etching and aquatint, 1978, on Arches paper, signed by the artist in pencil
Published by : Maeght éditeur, Paris,
Printed by: Morsang, Paris
Condition: Good
Edition: 20/30. There were also 10 HC copies.
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
Framed Size 79 x 96 cms
Note: This was part of a series of works which Miro made depicting various animals some of which we have recently acquired including:
Dupin 1026 Le Souriceau (The Small Mouse)
Dupin 1018 Les Scarabees (The Beetles)
Dupin 1015 La Musaraigne (The shrew)
Dupin 1022 La Rainette (The Frog)
Provenance:
Martin Galleries, United States
South Florida deceased Estate.
