Miro, Miró, Joan, Signed Color Lithograph, 1971 Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 End Time Friday, July 18, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Miro, Miró, Joan, Signed Color Lithograph, 1971' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: La pluie tombe bébé roses (Raining Rosebuds) from Le lézard aux plumes d’or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers), 1971Artist: Miro, JoanMedium: Original Color LithographImage Size: 18 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in (47.63 cm x 33.66 cm)Sheet Size: 21 1/16 in x 16 3/16 in (53.5 cm x 41.15 cm)Framed Size: 37 in x 32 1/2 in (93.98 cm x 82.55 cm)Signature: Hand-signed by Joan Miró (1893 – 1983) in pencil in the lower right marginEdition: Numbered 7/50 in pencil in the lower left margin.Condition: This work is in pristine condition, a bold impression with bright, vibrant colors  Description:This magical garden scene depicts a myriad of color, accented with Miró’s signature color splatters in greenish hues throughout.  We are able to make out his abstracted “rosebuds” as they seem to flitter down the right side of the composition.  Our protagonist lizard is shown here in childish wonder and whimsical fancy.  The poem accompanying this image written by Miró is as follows: La pluie tombe Bébé roses (It’s raining baby roses) Suce la niche de la trombe (Suck the niche of the waterspout) Maman brune aux yeux creux (Brown mother with hollow eyes) D’une limbe-tombeau respire (From a limb-tomb breaths) Bleu dans le gouffre (Blue in the pit) Noir de Désespoir (Black of despair) Created in 1971 as part of a series of 15 color lithographs by Joan Miró to illustrate a book of his own poetry.  Titled Le Lézard aux Plumes d’Or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers) , these works were published by Broder, Paris and printed by Mourlot, Paris.  Numbered 7/50 in pencil in the lower left margin (out of the edition of 50 on Rives vellum paper) and hand signed by Joan Miró (1893 – 1983) in pencil in the lower right margin.  Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) : 1. Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1989. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 148 on pgs. 370-1. 2. Joan Miró Lithograph vol. IV 1969 – 1972, Maeght Editeur, Paris. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 806 on pg. 162 and detailed on pg. 153. About the Framing:Set in a Spanish-style, stepped gold and black frame, the ribbon detailing of the moulding compliments the meandering curved shapes within the image.  The black and gold coloration of the frame also serves to enhance the contrasting colors within the piece.  Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats with a matching gold inner fillet, this lithograph is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover.  Style: 20th Century Modern Master, Surrealism Who is Masterworks Fine Art? Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. strives to be the best source of fine art for our clients and collectors all over the world. 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