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Joan Miró — La Harpie (The Harpy) (D. 506)
Joan Miró

La Harpie (The Harpy) (D. 506)

A multi-technique printwork combining etching, aquatint, and carborundum to depict a harpy figure through Miró's surrealist aesthetic. The layered techniques create rich textural and chromatic effects in this mythologically-inspired composition.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with carborundum in colors, on Arches paper, the full sheet.

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April 18, 2023

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Joan Miró, La Harpie (The Harpy) (D. 506)

A multi-technique printwork combining etching, aquatint, and carborundum to depict a harpy figure through Miró's surrealist aesthetic. The layered techniques create rich textural and chromatic effects in this mythologically-inspired composition.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with carborundum in colors, on Arches paper, the full sheet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Print, 20th Century, Carborundum, Color, Etching, Textural, Mythological, Spanish, Aquatint

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Collected by

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