Joan Miró

JOAN MIRÓ I FERRÀ (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma de Mallorca, 1983).
“The Prints of Joan Miró,” 1947.
2 color lithographs and 40 black-and-white lithographs.
Includes an introductory essay by Michel Leiris.
Measurements: 29 x 23 cm.

Miró created a number of posters to honor Fútbol Club Barcelona on the occasion of anniversaries and events, recombining the symbol of his city with various versions of his organic abstractions. Joan Miró trained in Barcelona and held his first solo exhibition in 1918 at the Dalmau Galleries. In 1920, he moved to Paris and met Picasso, Raynal, Max Jacob, Tzara, and the Dadaists. There, under the influence of Surrealist poets and painters, his style matured; he sought to translate Surrealist poetry into visual form, drawing on memory, fantasy, and the irrational. His third exhibition in Paris, in 1928, marked his first major success: the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired two of his works. He returned to Spain in 1941, and that same year the museum dedicated a retrospective to him, which would cement his international reputation. Throughout his life, he received numerous awards, including the Grand Prizes at the Venice Biennale and from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Carnegie Prize for Painting, the Gold Medals from the Government of Catalonia and the Fine Arts Academy, and he was awarded honorary doctorates by Harvard University and the University of Barcelona. Today, his works can be viewed at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, as well as at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, MoMA in New York, the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the National Gallery in Washington, the MNAM in Paris, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.