Mar 13, 2018 - Sale 2469

Sale 2469 - Lot 454

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JOAN MIRÓ
Anti-Platon.

Three aquatints and etchings on Japon nacré, one printed in colors, 1951-62. Each 90x128 mm; 3x5 1/2 inches, full margins. Each numbered 14/15 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris. Both from the same-titled suite. Superb, richly-inked impressions.

Miró first produced this plate in 1951 as a deluxe greeting card for Galerie Maeght, Paris, and later reworked it, adding figural etchings in 1962 to illustrate a deluxe edition of Anti-Platon by Yves Bonnefoy.

With--Anti-Platon, aquatint and etching on Japon nacré, 1951-62. 128x90 mm; 5x3 1/2 inches, full margins. Numbered 14/15 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris. From the same-titled suite. A superb, richly-inked impression. Dupin 73 and 74; Cramer 77.