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Joan Miró, Les Oiseleurs I, 1951
Joan Miró, Les Oiseleurs I, 1951

Joan Miró 1893-1983

Les Oiseleurs I, 1951
Lithograph in colours on Rives paper
Signed and dated in pencil
Sheet: 55.5 x 37.5 cm; 21 7/8 x 14 3/4 in
Image: 49 x 30.5 cm; 19 1/4 x 12 in
Framed: 78.5 x 59.5 x 1.5 cm; 30 7/8 x 23 3/8 x 5/8 in
Numbered from the edition of 75. Printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris.
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Joan Miró’s 'Les Oiseleurs I' represents an important moment in the artist’s post-war production, when he was reengaging with printmaking and refining a visual language that bridged Surrealism and abstraction....
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Joan Miró’s 'Les Oiseleurs I' represents an important moment in the artist’s post-war production, when he was reengaging with printmaking and refining a visual language that bridged Surrealism and abstraction. As an early work within his graphic oeuvre, it reveals Miró’s transition toward a more pared-down and lyrical style, marked by fluid line and symbolic forms that suggest the presence of birds and celestial rhythms. The composition embodies the artist’s fascination with metamorphosis and the natural world, recurring themes that would dominate his mature work. Executed at a time when Miró was expanding his practice beyond painting into ceramics, sculpture, and prints, 'Les Oiseleurs I' underscores his desire to democratize art through the printmaking medium. Its significance lies not only in its subject matter, evoking flight, freedom, and transformation, but also in its position as a touchstone for the evolution of Miró’s later, more radical experiments in graphic art.
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Provenance

Private Collection, Germany.

Literature

Mourlot 100.
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