Lot number 186 - Auction 140
ZWEI BLÄTTER AUS 'CONSTELLATION' (1959)

JOAN MIRO 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Calamajor (Mallorca) TWO SHEETS FROM 'CONSTELLATIONS' (1959) Pochoir on laid paper, with text sheets with texts from André Breton, published by Pierre Matisse, New York. Linen case: 47 x 38,5 x 5,5 cm. Imprint handsigned by Miró and Breton and num. '244/350'. Here sheet 10 and 22 from the portfolio with originally 22 sheets after gouaches from the years 1940 and 1941: 'Danseuse acrobates', 1940, sheet size 43,5 x 6 cm, signed in print as well as signed, dated, titled and inscribed in print on the reverse; 'Le Passage de L'Oiseau divin', 1941, sheet size 43,5 x 36 cm, signed in print as well as signed, dated, titled and inscribed in print on the reverse. Each slightly wavy due to production, some minor wear to the edges, slightly browned on the reverse; linen cassette rubbed, some minor staining, In original cassette. Literature: Cramer 58.