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Etching and aquatint in colours, 1952-53, on Arches wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 13, printed by Atelier Lacourière, Paris, published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 50.5 × 65.5 cm. (19.9 × 25.8 in.)
This work belongs to the second of six series of etchings which Miró made in 1952 and 1953. The first and second series are more closely related in terms of imagery than the subsequent series. Both present boldly and broadly drawn figures reminiscent of some of the ceramics Miró was making with Josep Lloréns Artigas at the time, while retaining the sense of fluidity characteristic of Miró’s biomorphic forms of this period. In particular, a number of motifs are to be found in an unpublished set of engravings of 1947 which surround the poems of Ruthven Todd.
Another impression of this same print can be found in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.
