Petite Fille Sautant à la Corde, Femmes et Oiseaux. Little Girl Skipping, Women and Birds. 1947. by Joàn Miró, 1893-1983

Joàn Miró, 1893-1983
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Petite Fille Sautant à la Corde, Femmes et Oiseaux. Little Girl Skipping, Women and Birds. 1947.

Original etching with aquatint in black-brown ink. 1947. Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered (16) from the edition of 70 (plus c.10 proofs). Etched and printed at the studio
of S.W.Hayter - Atelier 17 - New York 1947. Issued by Brunidor Editions, New York 1947. Rare.
Ref: Dupin - Miro Engraver no 52.

Extremely fine rich impression printed with plate tone and tonal wiping. On pale cream slightly textured wove paper. Excellent condition. Full margins. Sheet: 16 1/2 x 13ins.
Plate: 11 3/4 x 8 7/8ins (299x225mm).

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A superb impression of a very important work from the 1940?s.

?Little Girl Skipping? is one of the most important etchings drawn by Miró during his period in New York during the War. Like many of his surrealist friends who had fled to the USA to escape the war in Europe Miró?s interest in etching was further stimulated when Hayter re-established his Paris etching studio in New York. Under Hayter?s tutelage Miró began to experiment further with random ways of biting the plate so as to create the type of hallucinatory illogical dream imagery that he wanted.

?Little Girl Skipping? is a superlative example of the way that Miró used new techniques to evoke the ideas of the subconscious. Shapes, textures, random strokes, surface work on the plate created by an uncontrolled use of the etching acid, all are combined with the typical characters of his drawing at this period - suggested figures, birds, animals.