3874 - Joan Miró, "Sobreteixims III"

Joan Miró, "Sobreteixims III" non-representational, colourful, powerful composition, published in *Derrière le Miroir*, see Mourlot 891, colour lithograph on heavy paper, 1970-73, standard centre fold, colours still fresh, framed under glass, sheet dimensions approx. 38 x 55 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; spending some time in Mont-roig del Camp; studied at the Barcelona Academy from 1912, then 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 designed the stage sets 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.