La mesure du temps (The Measure of Time): two impressions
A pair of working proofs for Miró's *La mesure du temps (The Measure of Time)* reveal the intimate creative process behind the final printed edition, one impression extensively annotated by the artist and enhanced with watercolor and pastel by master printer Piero Crommelynck. The second bears Miró's own hand in a decisive inscription — *'Bon à tirer adoucir couleurs'* (good to print, soften the colors) — dated 10th May 1960, marking the moment of the artist's approval. Together, these rare pre-edition proofs, printed and published by Maeght in Paris, offer an exceptional window into the collaborative dialogue between artist and printmaker that shaped the work's final chromatic resolution.
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- One extensively annotated by Miró, and 'rehaussée d'aquarelle et pastel' (enhanced with watercolor and pastel) by Piero Crommelynck in pencil, and one signed, dated '10/V/60' and annotated 'Bon à tirer adoucir couleurs' by Miró in pencil (a working proof and the good-to-print proof impression, before the edition of 30 and 50), printed and published by Maeght, Paris, both unframed.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection
April 18, 2017
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