Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 8.625 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Miró: Cartones, 1959-1965, October - November 1965, 1965. Published by Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York; printed by l'Imprimerie Daniel Jacomet, Paris, 1965. Excerpted from the album, This album has been printed in Paris on the occasion of the artist's exhibition of "Cartones" at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, 4l East 57th Street, New York, from October 19th to November 13th 1965. The edition has been limited to LXXV examples on vélin d'Arches à la forme, numbered I to XXV containing 2 original lithographs in color, one of which is signed by the artist and MCC examples with one original lithograph, numbered I to MCC. The colored pochoirs are by Daniel Jacomet and the typography by Fequet et Baudier. The original lithographs, including the cover, were printed by Fernand Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of imaginative fantasy. Miro was very much against the established painting methods of the time, and is often credited with being the founder of automatic drawing. Automatic drawing is the process of allowing the hand to move randomly on the canvas, leaving the artwork to chance. His dreamlike works contain impressions of playfully distorted animal forms, twisted organic shapes, and odd geometric constructions. A contemporary of Picasso, Miro towers as one of the great masters of modern art, and is amongst the most famous artists of the 20th century.