Description:
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Two Works: Le 13 l'échelle a frôlé le firmament and L'Échelle de l'évasion, from Constellations, 1959, edition of 350 (Cramer Books, 58). Both signed within the matrix and in printed text on verso. Collotypes with pochoir on wove paper, image/sheet sizes 17 x 14 1/8 in. (43.2 x 35.7 cm),unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Both with tape, tape residue, and thinned areas from tape removal to verso, L'Évasion with abrasions/losses to image l.r.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Both with gentle toning to sheet, and both with staining, tape/tape residue, and thinned spots from tape removal to versos. The horizontal image has abrasions with ink loss to the corner l.r.
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