JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca

Title: World Heart Month (Beat) | Mois Mondial du Coeur (Battement), 1968

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on BFK Rives Wove Paper

Paper size: 66 x 63.5 cm. / 26 x 25 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Miró” at the lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left corner.
It was printed in February and March 1972 by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris.
The paper bears the BFK Rives watermark along the lower left margin.

Note:
The work was part of a collaborative portfolio entitled "Mois Mondial du Coeur" [World Heart Month] published to raise funds for “La Fondation Nationale Française de Cardiologie” [The French National Foundation of Cardiology].
The other artists who contributed included: Calder, Tapiès, Palazuelo, Riopelle, Rebeyrolle, Steinberg, and Ubac.

Literature:
1. Cramer, P. (1989). Joan Mirò the Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 154
2. Mourlot, F. & Leiris, M. (1977). Joan Miró: Der Lithograph, Vol. III 1964-1969. Geneva: Weber.
Reference: Mourlot 500

Condition: Very good condition. Soft creasing along the left and right sheet edges.