Composition I, from: The Breakers | Les Brisants, 1958
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
19 x 14 cm. / 7.5 x 5.5 in.
This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist ''Miró'' at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered with Roman Numerals in pencil from the edition of 10 proofs, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 65, it was printed and published in 1958 by Crommelynck and Dutrou, Paris and published by Guy Lévis Mano, Paris in the same year.
The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower right margin.
Note: Although the raisonné does not mention the edition in Roman numerals, the examples illustrated are from an edition of X [10].
Provenance: Private Collection, Minnesota, United States of America
Literature: 1. Dupin, J. (1989). Miró Engraver, Vol. I 1928-1960. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 238.
2. Cramer, P. (1989). Joan Miró - The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Patrick Cramer
Reference: Cramer Books 46.
Condition: Very good condition. Minor staining at the sheet edge, particularly in the upper right corner.