Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.
Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.
Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.
Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.
Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.
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Joan Miro. Cantic Del Sol V. Etching, color aquatint. 1975.

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Artist: Joan Miro (1893-1983), Spanish.
Title: Cantic Del Sol, V.
Dimensions13 1/2" x 20''.
PublisherGustau Gili, S.A., Barcelona.
Date: 1975.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with aquatint in colors. Printed on the José Guarro handmade wove paper. Floating in the frame.
Provenance: Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco - New York, 1975. 

Condition: Good. A detailed condition report on demand.
Catalog Raisonne
: Cramer, P. Joan Miro. The illustrated books. Geneva 1989. no. 196; the individual etchings are catalogued also in the standard Miro catalogue raisonne: Dupin, J. Miro engravings. Vol. III, 838.
Referencehttp://www.artstjames.com/works/cantic-del-sol-xix-d-854/
The label of the Franklin Bowles Galleries, 1975, and the copy of the edition sheet signed by Miró and numbered 157 on the back. (The copy or the set No. 158 was sold on Christie's in 2012). 
Part of: Francesc de Assis: Càntic del Sol. The complete portfolio comprises etchings and aquatints in colors, with the title, text in Catalan, and justification, signed in pencil and numbered on the justification,  published by Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1975.
Note: The Canticle of the Sun, also known as Laudes Creaturarum (Praise of the Creatures) and Canticle of the Creatures, is a  religious song composed by  Saint Francis of Assisi.
The red ovoid is one of the beloved and meaningful symbols of the Sun in Miro's art.
Referencehttp://www.joanmiropaintings.org/red-sun/
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