Joan MIRO (1893–1983) - Lot 35

Lot n° 35
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Joan MIRO (1893–1983) - Lot 35
Joan MIRO (1893–1983) Cap i cua, 1979 Indian ink and oil pastel, monogrammed on the reverse. Study created in 1979 for a lithograph printed in an edition of 75 by the Maeght Gallery. 90 x 68.5 cm A certificate from the Association for the Defense of the Work of Joan Miró (Adom), dated May 2, 2012, will be provided to the purchaser. Miró and Signs “Miró works from a system of signs that are elaborate yet not fixed—signs that are fluid, open, and available for new combinations, from which they derive their power of innovation, their freshness, their strength, and their brilliance. By ‘signs,’ I do not mean only specific graphic forms representing a bird, a woman, a star, or a snake, but every isolable and repetitive element, such as a line, a mark, a splash of color, or the interplay of materials. This sign is not drawn from a fixed repertoire, like a typographer’s typeface; it transforms in the course of the action and through reciprocal interaction with other signs. To this end, it must be constantly loosened, broken into, questioned, and disrupted to avoid rigidity and crystallization. It is alive only if it is not—that is, if it is not finished and fixed. And improvisations on paper are, par excellence, the place where the vitality of the sign is tested and strengthened; where it is confronted with the corrosive and invigorating power of the void. It is constantly under attack and responds by transforming itself in an endless chain of encounters and mutations. Improvisation is the sign’s open-air laboratory, and for Miró, the vanguard of his ultimate joy.”
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