Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 19.5 x 14.125 inches. Excellent condition. Notes: From the folio, Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el Jardín de Miró, published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona; printed by La Polígrafa Barcelona, 1975. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), From this album Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el Jardín de Miró, by Rafael Alberti, with lithographs by Joan Miró, the following edition has been made: V numbered examples from I to V, accompanied by a double "suite" of 20 lithographs, one on Japón paper and one on Rives paper, as well as the first state of the 20 lithographs also on Rives paper, all signed by the artist. X examples numbered from VI to XV, with the same 20 lithographs on Rives paper and a "suite" of the first state also on Rives paper, all signed by the artist. LXXV examples numbered from I to LXXV with 20 lithographs on Arches paper, also signed by the artist. CCXXV examples numbered from LXXVI to CCC that correspond to the current edition of the folio, only signed the justification of the print run by the poet and the artist. MD examples numbered from CCCI to MDCCC, also of the current edition, with the justification of the print run signed on the plate by the artist. There are also some H.C. examples intended for authors and collaborators. Catalogue Raisonné references: Cramer, P., & Dyer, A. (1992). Joan Miró, lithographs. vol. V, 1972-1975. Maeght, 1051-1072; Cramer, P., & Miró, J. (1989). Joan Niró, Catalogue Raisonné des Livres Illustrés. P. Cramer, 211. 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.