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Joan Miró — L’Astre du marécage (The Star of the Swamp)
Joan Miró

L’Astre du marécage (The Star of the Swamp)

A luminous and otherworldly composition, this color aquatint with carborundum reflects Miró's signature visual language of biomorphic forms, bold primary colors, and whimsical symbols floating against an atmospheric ground. The rough, granular textures achieved through the carborundum technique evoke the murky, organic depths of a swamp, while celestial star-like elements emerge with radiant energy. Printed on Mandeure paper, the full sheet captures the expansive, dreamlike universe that Miró so masterfully conjured between the earthly and the cosmic.

Medium
Aquatint in colors with carborundum, on Mandeure paper, the full sheet,

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Evening & Day Editions

April 25, 2016

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Joan Miró, L’Astre du marécage (The Star of the Swamp)

A luminous and otherworldly composition, this color aquatint with carborundum reflects Miró's signature visual language of biomorphic forms, bold primary colors, and whimsical symbols floating against an atmospheric ground. The rough, granular textures achieved through the carborundum technique evoke the murky, organic depths of a swamp, while celestial star-like elements emerge with radiant energy. Printed on Mandeure paper, the full sheet captures the expansive, dreamlike universe that Miró so masterfully conjured between the earthly and the cosmic.

Medium
Aquatint in colors with carborundum, on Mandeure paper, the full sheet,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Fantasy, Swamp, Poetic, Printmaking, Modern, Colorful, Abstract, Spanish, Aquatint

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Collected by

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