Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 9 x 15 inches. Excellent condition, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), This album has been printed by l'imprimerie R. Blanchard in Paris on behalf of Maeght éditeur, 13, rue de Téhéran, Paris VII. The original color lithographs were printed on the presses of Mourlot frères. The photographs of the works reproduced are by E. Catala-Roca, Y. Hervochon, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Soichi Sunami and Robert. Miro's photograph, page 83, is by Sabine Weiss. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of imaginative fantasy. Much like his contemporaries, Picasso, and Dali, 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.