317 - Joan Miró - Claude Simon. *Femmes*. Paris, Maeght 1965. With three two-color woodcuts as frontispiece, title page, and end vignette, a signed watercolor over woodcut, and 23 color plates. Loose in original cover and slipcase.

Joan Miró - Claude Simon. *Femmes*. Paris, Maeght 1965. With three two-color woodcuts as frontispiece, title page, and end vignette, a signed watercolor over woodcut, and 23 color plates. Loose in original cover and slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 4:01 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 50 copies, plus 10 “hors commerce.”—The sheet bearing the copy number is signed by the artist and the author. - On F. Barjon vellum. - For the signed watercolor, Miró used two woodblocks here to produce five prints in black and watercolored them with five different colors. - The sheet is on chamois-colored Vélin d’Arches. - The plates feature illustrations of three of Miró’s painting series from 1959 and 1960—“Femme,” “Femme assise,” and “Femme et oiseau”—each titled on the reverse. - The introductory text by Claude Simon was printed from his typescript. - Acquired at the exhibition “Artistes Espagnoles” at the Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1969, cat. no. 29. (Illustration on p. 54). Cramer 105. - Dupin 390–393. - Not listed in Monod 56.5 × 45.0 cm. 20, [56] pages. - The spine of the slipcase has faded; the slipcase and the paper cover are slightly foxed. - The watercolor is slightly browned, with a watermark in the lower right corner. English description: With three two-color woodcuts as frontispiece, title page, and closing vignette, a signed watercolor over woodcut, and 23 color plates. Loose in original wrapper and case. One of 50 copies, plus 10 “hors commerce.” - The sheet bears the copy number signed by the artist and the author. - On F. Barjon vellum. - For the signed watercolor, Miró used two woodblocks to produce five prints in black, which he then watercolored with five different colors. - The sheet is on chamois-colored Vélin d’Arches. - The plates feature illustrations from three of Miró’s painting series from 1959 and 1960—“Femme,” “Femme assise,” and “Femme et oiseau”—each titled on the reverse. - The introductory text by Claude Simon was printed from his typescript. - Acquired at the exhibition “Artistes Espagnoles” at the Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1969, cat. no. 29. (Illustration on p. 54). The spine of the case is faded; the case and paper wrapper are slightly foxed. - The watercolor is slightly browned and has a watermark in the lower right corner.