Joan Miró

JOAN MIRÓ I FERRÀ (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983).
"Wonders with acrostic variations in Miró's garden", 1975.
Lithograph on paper.
Ediciones Polígrafa S.A., Barcelona.
Work catalogued in KRAMER, P. "Miró Litógrafo V. 1972 - 1975". Paris: Maeght, 1992. p. 165, fig.
With stamped signature.
Measurements: 49 x 70 cm; 57 x 78 cm (frame).
Lithograph made for the book "Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró", with texts by Rafael Alberti, 1975. The edition consists of 315 copies on Guarro paper with watermark, signed in pencil by the author and the artist, plus a supplementary edition of the book of 1,500 copies on Guarro paper with Miró's signature, numbered from 301 to 1,800. The 20 lithographs, with Miró's signature, have also been the object of a supplementary edition of 1,500 copies.
Internationally acclaimed following the retrospective that the MOMA in New York dedicated to him in 1941, Joan Miró has won awards such as the Grand Prizes of the Venice Biennale and the Guggenheim Foundation, the Carnegie Prize for Painting, the Gold Medals of the Generalitat de Catalunya and of the Fine Arts, etc. His work can currently be seen at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, as well as in the main contemporary art museums around the world, such as the Thyssen-Bornemisza, the MoMA in New York, the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the National Gallery in Washington, the MNAM in Paris and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.