3871 - Joan Miró, pair of lithographs

Joan Miró, pair of lithographs colourful compositions typical of the artist, labelled with type on the reverse, colour lithographs on light card, c. 1970-80, standard fold line down the centre, minimal signs of ageing, sheet dimensions approx. 32 x 49.5 cm each. Artist information: born Joan Miró i Ferrà, a leading Spanish painter, printmaker, designer and sculptor (1893, Barcelona - 1983, Palma de Mallorca), initially trained in commerce and worked as an accountant, whilst taking art lessons on the side, at times in Mont-roig del Camp; studied at the Barcelona Academy from 1912, and in Paris from 1919, where he met Picasso; in 1920 at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, in 1926, together with Max Ernst, he created the stage design for ‘Romeo and Juliet’; from 1928 in the Netherlands, where he first met Alexander Calder, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship, in 1933, he met Wassily Kandinsky; from 1939, he lived in the USA, contributing to several exhibitions at documenta in Kassel, amongst other things; from 1956, he worked in Mallorca; he received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from Harvard University; Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Wikipedia and the internet.