Joan Miró

JOAN MIRÓ (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma de Mallorca, 1983).
“Gaudí XIX,” 1979.
Etching and aquatint on Arches paper, print no. 36/50.
Joan Barberá edition, published by Maeght.
Work listed in the Catalogue Raisonné “Miró the Printmaker: Vol. IV. 1976–1983,” p. 110, ref. 1078.
Measurements: 68 x 95 cm.

Gaudí XIX is a print from the series *Homage to Gaudí* (1979), in which Joan Miró pays tribute to the celebrated Catalan architect through a wholly personal visual language, characterized by abstract and organic forms, gestural lines, and a dynamic composition that evokes the fantasy, movement, and creative freedom associated with the work of Antoni Gaudí. Far from depicting specific architectural elements, Miró interprets Gaudí’s innovative spirit through symbols, spontaneous lines, and chromatic hallmarks that reflect the affinity between the two artists and their deep connection to Catalan culture.

Joan Miró trained in Barcelona, where he held his first solo exhibition in 1918 at the Dalmau Galleries. In 1920, he moved to Paris, where he became involved with the Surrealist circle and developed his own artistic language based on free association, memory, and the irrational. International recognition came quickly: in 1928, the MoMA in New York acquired works by him, and in 1941, it dedicated a major retrospective to him.

Throughout his career, he received major honors, including awards at the Venice Biennale and from the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as the Gold Medals for Fine Arts and from the Government of Catalonia. His work is now held in leading institutions such as the Joan Miró Foundation (Barcelona), MoMA (New York), the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid), the National Gallery of Art (Washington), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris).