Miró,J.

Càntic del Sol (Francesc d'Assis). Traducció de Josep Carner. Pròleg de Marià Manent. Barcelona, Editorial Gustavo Gili 1975. 36 x 52 cm. With 32 original color etchings with aquatint, partly with relief printing, sheet size 35.5 x 50 cm. Loose double sheet in original gray-blue laid paper cover with original yellow linen cover in original linen box. Cramer 196, Dupin 833-867 - One of 220 numbered copies, signed by the artist. - One of the great poetic texts of world literature illustrated by Joan Miró - The complete graphic series on the Canticles of the Sun by Francis of Assisi - One of the artist's last great painter's books "Farbhymnus in Aquatinta-Radierungen" (Helga Meister). Elaborately designed painter's book by Joan Miró with the impressively colorful and striking original color etchings, at the same time one of the last elaborate book publications by Joan Miró. - Printed on heavy Guarro laid paper or on gray-blue laid paper by L. Barker with partly generous margins. - "In his late work, Miró returned to celestial motifs such as stars, moons and clouds. Without depicting landscapes in the traditional sense, he shows a universal view of the world that radiates positive energy. Miró found a timeless expression of man's integration into the cosmos in Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun. Miró illustrated this text, which was so important to him, concentrated on just a few elements - a praise to the stars and their beauty." (Cat. Miró From Earth to Heaven ). - "Eight years before his death, he illustrated the Canticle of the Sun in clear, colorful, almost striking pictorial ciphers. The poetic prayer in which Assisi praises God's creation becomes a color hymn in aquatint etchings" (Helga Meister, Miró, Malerei als Poesie in Kunstforum). - Excellent print in bright colors by Joan Miró, - The 32 etchings illustrating the work have been engraved directly on copper plates by Joan Miró, and hand-printed at the publisher's workshop' (accompanying booklet). - One of the great poetic texts of world literature illustrated by Joan Miró and one of his last livre d'artiste. The complete portfolio with 32 orig. color etchings for the Canticle of the Sun by Saint Francis of Assisi. Loose sheets in orig. wrappers in yellow orig. cloth chemise with embossed cover motif and title on spine, in cloth case. 38 : 52 cm. With 32 orig. color etchings with aquatint, partly with embossing, size of sheet 35,5 : 50 cm. - Chemise slightly bowed, slipcase scraped and blemished in places, prints in mint condition.