Serie : Joan Miro : catalogue raisonné, paintings. Vol 4
Paru le 19/06/2002 | Relié 269 pages
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The research for this catalogue raisonné of paintings began in 1957. The artist himself, and later the Miró estate, were largely involved in its preparation. This catalogue of paintings has been established by Jacques Dupin, Ariane Lelong-Mainaud and Joan Punyet Miró. Volume IV comprehends 336 entries and 244 color reproductions.
It is difficult to characterize the period covered in this volume. The variation in technique, supports and dimensions is enormous and the appearance of unconventional supports frequent. Here we come across cardboard, sack cloth, course canvas, rags retrieved from the garbage. Miró often painted in series and chose to paint on large format canvases, as those we see in the first three monumental triptychs. And lastly, without ever abandoning oil paint, he began to use acrylic.
The edition is published in six volumes appearing at yearly intervals. They will include all the artist's oils, acrylics, and works in various media, on canvas, cardboard, wood, masonite, copper and other hard supports.
In the six volumes - all to be published only in English - all paintings are reproduced in color, whenever possible, accompanied by their title, date, technique, and dimensions, with indication of signature and inscriptions on the back, as well as their collection, provenance, important exhibitions and major publications in which they are reproduced.
As Joan Miró's friend and collaborator since 1956, Jacques Dupin assisted him during the realization of engravings and lithographs, as well as in the preparation of catalogues, albums, and illustrated books. He is the author of many articles and prefaces related to the artist's work, a thorough monograph was first published in 1961, and its second edition, fully revised and completed, in 1993. He has organised many Miró retrospectives and exhibitions in different museums throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan.
He was mandated by Joan Miró and after his death by the estate to expertise his works and deliver certificates of authenticity.
