3873 - Joan Miró, Abstract Composition

Joan Miró, Abstract Composition a loose arrangement of abstract shapes and lines in various colours, colour lithograph on lightweight card, c. 1970, with a fold line in the centre and traces of previous stitching, mounted in a passe-partout and framed behind glass, sheet dimensions approx. 31.5 x 49.5 cm. 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 also taking art lessons; 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, designed the set for ‘Romeo and Juliet’; from 1928 in the Netherlands, where he first met Alexander Calder and formed a lifelong friendship with him, met Wassily Kandinsky in 1933; lived in the USA from 1939, contributed to several exhibitions at documenta in Kassel, amongst other things; worked in Mallorca from 1956; received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from Harvard University; Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Wikipedia and the internet.