Le passage du l'oiseau divin - Pl. XXII from "Constellations" suite (after Miro) by Joan Miro

Le passage du loiseau divin - Pl. XXII from Constellations suite (after Miro) by Joan Miro

Le passage du l'oiseau divin - Pl. XXII from "Constellations" suite (after Miro)

Joan Miro

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Title

Le passage du l'oiseau divin - Pl. XXII from "Constellations" suite (after Miro)

 
Artist

Joan Miro

  1893 - 1983 (biography)
Year
1959  
Technique
pochoir, after the 1941 gouache 
Image Size
17 x 14" image and paper size 
Signature
unsigned, as issued 
Edition Size
unnumbered; from a total edition of 350 
Annotations
lithographically reproduced titling, signature, and date of original gouache on verso reads: "Joan Miro / Le passage de l'oisseau divin / Montroig / 12/IX/1941" 
Reference
Cramer 58; Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1974, cat. 436, p. 111 
Paper
velin d'Arches 
State
published 
Publisher
Pierre Matisse, New York 
Inventory ID
IVHL101 
Price
$5,000.00 
Description

'Miro left Paris in 1939 for Varengeville-sur-Mer in Normandy, and it was here an important new body of work was formed – a series of twenty-three gouaches, which became known as the Constellations. They are amongst the artist’s most intricately constructed works, exploring ideas linked to regenerative processes located within nature. Heavily influenced by the turmoil of World War II, his work seems to reflect upon the fragile, transitory quality of existence. Each Constellation piece depicts a moment in time, a microcosm of life: captured in weightless, suspended animation. In 1945, the Constellations were smuggled out of Europe for a Pierre Matisse exhibit in NYC. In 1959, under the direction of pochoir master Daniel Jacomet, 22 of the original 23 gouache Constellations were made into 350 pochoir suites. Andre Breton was immediately inspired by the series and wrote accompanying poems – what would become his final poetic works. Breton is most known for co-founding Surrealism and writing the Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 in which he defines the movement as “pure psychic automatism.”'

-from Denis Bloch Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA (denisbloch.com)

 
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