About this artwork
This is from a series of 15 colour lithographs based on Joan Miró’s poem and surrealist fantasy, Le Lézard aux Plumes d’or. His use of splattered lithographic ink and lithographic crayons, contrasted with areas of solid, flat colour, demonstrates the flexibility of the lithographic technique in expert hands. Miró printed the series at the Mourlot print workshop in Paris, which was also used by Picasso (1881–1973), Matisse (1869–1954) and Mary Cassatt (1844–1926).
Published November 2023
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artist:
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title:Le Lezard aux Plumes d'Or
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date created:1971
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:paper size: 41.00 x 56.00 cm (framed: 65.00 x 78.00 cm)
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credit line:The Henry and Sula Walton collection: bequeathed 2012
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accession number:GMA 5299
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Miró was born in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 1920. His early work combined miniaturist detail with a cubist fragmentation of space. In Paris he abandoned this style and began to paint an imaginary world full of strange, insect-like figures and forms, which seemed to float in space. This...