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Joan Miró — Hommage à Rimbaud
Joan Miró — Hommage à Rimbaud
Joan Miró — Hommage à Rimbaud
Joan Miró

Hommage à Rimbaud

1960

Joan Miró's Hommage à Rimbaud is a vibrant etching and aquatint created in 1960 as a tribute to the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. The work combines Miró's signature abstract vocabulary of biomorphic forms, bold colors, and gestural marks to evoke the spirit and revolutionary nature of Rimbaud's poetry. Through layered color applications and dynamic compositions, the artist translates literary inspiration into visual language. The print demonstrates Miró's mastery of printmaking techniques while maintaining the spontaneity characteristic of his artistic practice. This work bridges the worlds of poetry and visual art through Miró's inventive formal vocabulary.

Medium
etching and aquatint in colors
Dimensions

Notes

Signed to lower right 'Miró'.

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April 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 245

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Joan Miró, Hommage à Rimbaud, 1960

Joan Miró's Hommage à Rimbaud is a vibrant etching and aquatint created in 1960 as a tribute to the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. The work combines Miró's signature abstract vocabulary of biomorphic forms, bold colors, and gestural marks to evoke the spirit and revolutionary nature of Rimbaud's poetry. Through layered color applications and dynamic compositions, the artist translates literary inspiration into visual language. The print demonstrates Miró's mastery of printmaking techniques while maintaining the spontaneity characteristic of his artistic practice. This work bridges the worlds of poetry and visual art through Miró's inventive formal vocabulary.

Medium
etching and aquatint in colors
Dimensions
29.2 x 22.2 cm
Year
1960
Seen at
Wright, Chicago, United States

Related themes

Symbolic Composition, Literary Inspiration, 1960s Art, Gestural Marks, Poetic Tribute, Artistic Tribute, Vibrant Palette, Color Printmaking, Literary Homage, Color Print, Etching technique, Celestial Imagery, Etching and Aquatint, Aquatint Printing, Biomorphic Forms, Modernist Poetry, French Modernism, Poetic Abstraction

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro, Carolyn Lynx