Lithograph

"Unesco Human Rights". Circa 1974. Signed in pencil l/r and numbered 14/75. Published by Unesco, printed by Maeght, Paris. Color Lithograph with black, red, blue and yellow emphasis. Limited signed and numbered edition, avant la lettre. Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. Catalogue raisonne: Mourlot 930; Miro posters 83 Dimensions of frame: H: 40" W: 31.5" D: 1.5" Miró's aim was to rediscover the sources of human feeling, to create poetry by way of painting, using a vocabulary of signs and symbols, plastic metaphors (an implied similarity between two different things), and dream images to express definite themes. He had a genuine sense of humor and a lively wit, which also characterized his art. His chief consideration was social, to get close to the great masses of humanity, and he was deeply convinced that art can make a genuine appeal only when returning to the roots of experience. In this respect Miró's attitude can be compared to that of Klee. Miró was connected with the surrealists from 1924 to 1930. Surrealism was a source of inspiration to him, and he made use of its methods; however, he never accepted any surrealist "doctrine," or teachings. Rather, his art, like Klee's, seems more connected to modern fantastic art. Under the impact of surrealism Miró painted the Harlequin's Carnival (1924-1925) with its frantic movement of semiabstract (having both recognizable and unrecognizable qualities) forms. In

H 31.5 in. x W 23.5 in. x D .25 in.