A toute épreuve
1958
Artist, Spanish, 1893 - 1983
Author, French, 1895 - 1952
Publisher, Swiss, 1917 - 1991
Printer
Artwork overview
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Medium
unbound volume with 80 color woodcuts on Arches paper, some with collage, 4 conceived as double-page spreads [55 unnumbered leaves; 27 folded sheets, 1 inserted single sheet]. Loose as issued.
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Credit Line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund and The Ahmanson Foundation
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Dimensions
book: 33.5 × 26 × 4 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
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Accession
2016.1.1.1-80
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Catalogue Raisonné
Dupin 1984-1992, no. 161-234
Associated Artworks
See all 80 artworksUntitled [plate XVI]
Joan Miró, Paul Éluard, Gérald Cramer, Lacourière et Frélaut
1958
Untitled [plate LXXVII]
Joan Miró, Paul Éluard, Gérald Cramer, Lacourière et Frélaut
1958
Untitled [plate LIV]
Joan Miró, Paul Éluard, Gérald Cramer, Lacourière et Frélaut
1958
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alexander Verezhensky, Hinsdale, Illinois [1947-2014]; (Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers, New York, October 28, 2014, lot 112); (Sims Reed Rare Books Ltd., London); purchased 2016 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1989
Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva, 1989: no. 49.
Inscriptions
signed on colophon: Miró. [underlined]