Bonjour Max Ernst (Dupin 936)

This 1976 etching with aquatint and embossing by Joan Miró is a vibrant tribute to fellow Surrealist Max Ernst, created late in Miró's career when he continued experimenting with printmaking techniques. The work exemplifies Miró's characteristic vocabulary of biomorphic forms and playful abstraction, rendered through the complex layering of color printing that required both technical mastery and artistic vision. Published in a limited edition of 30 by the prestigious Parisian publisher Georges Visat and printed on fine Arches paper, this impressively scaled composition represents the sustained dialogue among twentieth century avant garde artists who frequently honored one another through their work.