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Joan Miró — Plate V, from Série II (Dupin 87)
Joan Miró

Plate V, from Série II (Dupin 87)

Joan Miró's "Plate V, from Série II" is a masterfully executed colored etching and aquatint created in 1952 that exemplifies the artist's characteristic biomorphic forms and playful abstract vocabulary. The work, produced in a limited edition of 13 by the renowned Atelier Lacourière in Paris, combines precisely controlled printmaking techniques with Miró's spontaneous aesthetic to create a composition of organic shapes and vibrant color harmonies. This significant example of post-war European printmaking demonstrates Miró's continued innovation with the medium while maintaining the poetic and dreamlike sensibility for which he is celebrated.

Medium
Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1952, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 13, printed by Atelier Lacourière, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, with the Galleria La Bussola green rubber stamp verso, on Arches wove paper, with full margins, sheet 501 x 660mm (19 3/4 x 26in) (unframed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Tulipe Crudeliter Basiantes (Field 72-7E; M&L 550), Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (186

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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026

March 31, 2026

Lot 230

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Joan Miró, Plate V, from Série II (Dupin 87)

Joan Miró's "Plate V, from Série II" is a masterfully executed colored etching and aquatint created in 1952 that exemplifies the artist's characteristic biomorphic forms and playful abstract vocabulary. The work, produced in a limited edition of 13 by the renowned Atelier Lacourière in Paris, combines precisely controlled printmaking techniques with Miró's spontaneous aesthetic to create a composition of organic shapes and vibrant color harmonies. This significant example of post-war European printmaking demonstrates Miró's continued innovation with the medium while maintaining the poetic and dreamlike sensibility for which he is celebrated.

Medium
Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1952, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 13, printed by Atelier Lacourière, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, with the Galleria La Bussola green rubber stamp verso, on Arches wove paper, with full margins, sheet 501 x 660mm (19 3/4 x 26in) (unframed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Tulipe Crudeliter Basiantes (Field 72-7E; M&L 550), Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (186
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Related themes

Surrealism, Print, 20th Century, Playful And Whimsical, Biomorphic Shapes, Modernism, Abstract Forms, Etching and Aquatint, Spanish Artist, Experimental Technique

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Collected by

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