Barcelone XXXXIX (M. 54)
Barcelone XXXXIX (M. 54), 1944 by Joan Miro is an original Lithograph from the Barcelona series. This print is signed and dated in the lower right, and numbered in the lower left from the edition of 5. Mourlot 54.
Conducting his own Surrealism-inspired exploration, Miró invented a new kind of pictorial space in which carefully rendered objects issuing strictly from the artist’s imagination are juxtaposed with basic, recognizable forms – a sickle moon, a simplified dog, a ladder. There is the sense that they have always coexisted both in the material realm and in the shallow pictorial space of Miró’s art. Miró’s art never became fully non-objective. Rather than resorting to complete abstraction, the artist devoted his career to exploring various means by which to dismantle traditional precepts of representation. Miró’s radical, inventive style was a critical contributor in the early-20th-century avant-garde journey toward increasing and then complete abstraction.
| Title | Barcelone XXXXIX |
|---|---|
| Medium | Lithograph |
| Year | 1944 |
| Edition | 5 |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Mourlot 54 |
| Signature | Signed, dated, numbered |
| Size | 10.25 x 18.75 (in) 26 x 48 (cm) |
| Price | Price on Request |
Category: Joan Miró
Description
Barcelone XXXXIX (M. 54), 1944 by Joan Miro is an original Lithograph from the Barcelona series. This print is signed and dated in the lower right, and numbered in the lower left from the edition of 5. Mourlot 54.
Conducting his own Surrealism-inspired exploration, Miró invented a new kind of pictorial space in which carefully rendered objects issuing strictly from the artist’s imagination are juxtaposed with basic, recognizable forms – a sickle moon, a simplified dog, a ladder. There is the sense that they have always coexisted both in the material realm and in the shallow pictorial space of Miró’s art. Miró’s art never became fully non-objective. Rather than resorting to complete abstraction, the artist devoted his career to exploring various means by which to dismantle traditional precepts of representation. Miró’s radical, inventive style was a critical contributor in the early-20th-century avant-garde journey toward increasing and then complete abstraction.
Miró balanced the kind of spontaneity and automatism encouraged by the Surrealists with meticulous planning and rendering to achieve finished works that, because of their precision, seemed plausibly representational despite their considerable level of abstraction.
Miró often worked with a limited palette, yet the colors he used were bold and expressive. His chromatic explorations, which emphasized the potential of fields of unblended color to respond to one another, provided inspiration for a generation of Color Field painters.
Artists have traditionally confined themselves to visual expression in a single medium with occasional forays into other materials. However, Miró was, in a sense, a modern renegade who refused to limit himself in this regard. While he explored certain themes such as that of Mother and Child repeatedly throughout his long career, Miró did so in a variety of media from painting and printmaking to sculpture and ceramics, often achieving surprising and disparate results.
Additional information
| Title | Barcelone XXXXIX |
|---|---|
| Medium | Lithograph |
| Year | 1944 |
| Edition | 5 |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Mourlot 54 |
| Signature | Signed, dated, numbered |
| Size | 10.25 x 18.75 (in) 26 x 48 (cm) |
| Price | Price on Request |
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