L'Innocent 2 - Version no 3. El Innocente 2 by Joàn Miró, 1893-1983

Joàn Miró, 1893-1983
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L'Innocent 2 - Version no 3. El Innocente 2

Original etching with aquatint in four colours. 1974. Signed in pencil. Inscribed in pencil as 'e.a.' (Artist's proof). Proof before the special edition of 45 impressions. This proof on Hosho japan paper. Issued for special sets of the series: El Innocente. Printed at the Morsang Studio.
Issued by Doutrou, Paris 1974. Colours:Red blue yellow black
Ref: Dupin - Miro Engraver 683. Cramer - Miro 184 (no 8)

Brilliant impression with superb colours. On special handmade light japanese Hosho paper. Superb condition. Full margins. Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 3/4ins. Plate: 5 1/8 x 4 1/4ins (130x107mm).

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L?Innocente - El Innocente is an arresting example of the jewel-like intensity of colour and fascinating vitality of line and surface texture which Miro instilled into some of his best small-scale etchings in the 1970?s. The colours, brilliant red, blue and yellow, are woven into the pattern of textured lines so that half-suggested forms seem to float in and out of recognition as your eye passes over the image.

Miro?s use of varied technique in etching advanced greatly in the 1970?s under the tutelage of the great etching printers of the period such as Visat, Lacouriere-Frelaut and Morsang, as here. In particular an increasing use of gravure line, rough-worked to enhance its textural qualities, gives the surface of such compositions as this a rich and constant sense of movement.

?The Innocent? is an exceptionally striking illustration of the constant invention of Miro?s printmaking even in the later periods of his life.