311 - Joan Miró. Miró. I Work Like a Gardener. Foreword by Yvon Taillandier. Paris, 20th century, 1963. With nine color lithographs by Joan Miró, seven of which are full-sheet size within the text and one on the front cover, plus one double-sheet size lithograph serving as the slipcase lining. Loose double sheets in original envelope and slipcase.

Joan Miró. Miró. I Work Like a Gardener. Foreword by Yvon Taillandier. Paris, 20th century, 1963. With nine color lithographs by Joan Miró, seven of which are full-sheet size within the text and one on the front cover, plus one double-sheet size lithograph serving as the slipcase lining. Loose double sheets in original envelope and slipcase. Call time: approx. 3:57 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 75 copies on “BFK Rives” (total print run 145, including 30 “hors commerce” and 40 with a suite). - The printer’s mark is numbered and signed by the artist across half a page. - Miró’s texts on his artistic work, edited by Yvan Taillandier, were first published in 1959 in the journal “XXe siècle,” though without illustrations. Taillandier has now re-edited them with a detailed introduction; the text is opulently typeset, and small dots in Miró’s primary colors have been lithographed into the “airy” upper halves of the text pages. - Joan Miró provided 32 copies of the edition with a watercolor dedication for friends (see Cat. No. 313). - Overall, very well preserved. Cramer 85. - Mourlot 283–313. - Monod 8219 42.0 × 33.5 cm. 60, [8] pages. - Spine of the slipcase discolored. - A few foxing spots on the outermost page margins. English description: Includes nine color lithographs by Joan Miró, seven of which are full-sheet size within the text, one on the front cover, and one double-sheet size used as the slipcase lining. Loose double sheets in original wrapper and slipcase. One of 75 copies on “BFK Rives” (total edition of 145, including 30 “hors commerce” and 40 with a suite). - The colophon is numbered and signed by the artist in a half-page signature. - Miró’s texts on his artistic work, edited by Yvan Taillandier, were first published in 1959 in the journal “XXe siècle,” though without illustrations. Taillandier has now reissued them with a detailed introduction, opulently typeset; small dots in Miró’s primary colors were lithographed into the “airy” upper halves of the text pages. - Joan Miró provided 32 copies of the edition with a watercolor dedication for friends (see Lot 313). - Overall, in very good condition. Spine of the case is browned. Outer edges of the pages show some foxing spots.