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Joan Miró — La mangeuse de crabes (The Woman Crab-Eater), from People of the Sea (D. 1276)
Joan Miró

La mangeuse de crabes (The Woman Crab-Eater), from People of the Sea (D. 1276)

A surreal etching and aquatint depicting a female figure engaged with a crab, rendered in Miró's characteristic biomorphic style with abstract forms and vivid colors. Part of the 'People of the Sea' series, this work combines organic shapes and playful imagery typical of Surrealist printmaking.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in colours with carborundum, on Rives paper, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

June 14, 2022

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Joan Miró, La mangeuse de crabes (The Woman Crab-Eater), from People of the Sea (D. 1276)

A surreal etching and aquatint depicting a female figure engaged with a crab, rendered in Miró's characteristic biomorphic style with abstract forms and vivid colors. Part of the 'People of the Sea' series, this work combines organic shapes and playful imagery typical of Surrealist printmaking.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in colours with carborundum, on Rives paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, 20th Century, Printmaking, Etching and Aquatint, Spanish Artist, Abstract Figurative, Playful, Mythological, Biomorphic Forms, Marine Subject

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Collected by

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