Description:
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
La main, 1953, edition of 75 plus proofs, published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris (Dupin, 100). Signed and dated "Miró. 1953" in pencil l.r., numbered "42/75" in pencil l.l. Color soft-ground etching with aquatint on BFK Rives paper with watermark, plate size 14 x 19 1/8 in. (35.5 x 48.6 cm),framed.
Condition: Deckled upper and lower edges, mat burn, gentle rippling, pencil annotations to lower margin and verso, masking tape to corners of recto.
Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
The sheet measures 20 3/16 x 25 9/16 inches with staining to the verso. There are crimps to the deckles along the upper edge.
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