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Joan Miro — (after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX
Joan Miro — (after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX
Joan Miro — (after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX
Joan Miro — (after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX
Joan Miro

(after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX

This work emerges from Joan Miró's celebrated Chiffres et constellations series, a body of prints created in the 1960s that distills the artist's visual vocabulary into a poetic language of abstraction. The composition features Miró's characteristic biomorphic forms and gestural marks, rendered through the printmaking process with characteristic sensitivity to line and spatial relationships. Floating across the composition are organic shapes, delicate tracery, and suggestive figuration that allude to celestial bodies and romantic entanglement without surrendering to literal representation. The work exemplifies Miró's mature practice, where formal experimentation and emotional resonance converge in a deeply personal artistic statement about desire, cosmic wonder, and the transformative possibilities of abstraction. For collectors, this piece represents an accessible entry point into one of modernism's most influential practitioners, offering the lyrical sensibility and technical mastery that define Miró's later career. The print medium allowed the artist to extend the reach of his vision while maintaining the spontaneity and inventiveness characteristic of his finest work. Executed with the precision and care that Miró brought to all printmaking endeavors, this plate demonstrates why his constellation series remains among the most beloved and sought-after works in the secondary market. The work's intimate scale and contemplative character make it particularly suited to serious collectors seeking pieces that reward sustained viewing and reveal new complexities with continued engagement.

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Joan Miro, (after) Chiffres et constellations amoureux d'une femme (Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman), Plate XIX

This work emerges from Joan Miró's celebrated Chiffres et constellations series, a body of prints created in the 1960s that distills the artist's visual vocabulary into a poetic language of abstraction. The composition features Miró's characteristic biomorphic forms and gestural marks, rendered through the printmaking process with characteristic sensitivity to line and spatial relationships. Floating across the composition are organic shapes, delicate tracery, and suggestive figuration that allude to celestial bodies and romantic entanglement without surrendering to literal representation. The work exemplifies Miró's mature practice, where formal experimentation and emotional resonance converge in a deeply personal artistic statement about desire, cosmic wonder, and the transformative possibilities of abstraction. For collectors, this piece represents an accessible entry point into one of modernism's most influential practitioners, offering the lyrical sensibility and technical mastery that define Miró's later career. The print medium allowed the artist to extend the reach of his vision while maintaining the spontaneity and inventiveness characteristic of his finest work. Executed with the precision and care that Miró brought to all printmaking endeavors, this plate demonstrates why his constellation series remains among the most beloved and sought-after works in the secondary market. The work's intimate scale and contemplative character make it particularly suited to serious collectors seeking pieces that reward sustained viewing and reveal new complexities with continued engagement.

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