A toute épreuve, 1958

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portfolio Title

A toute épreuve

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.

Dimensions

book: 33.5 × 26 × 4 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund and The Ahmanson Foundation

Catalogue Raisonné

Dupin 1984-1992, no. 161-234

Accession Number

2016.1.1.1-80

Artists / Makers

Joan Miró (artist) Spanish, 1893 - 1983

Paul Éluard (author) French, 1895 - 1952

Gérald Cramer (publisher) Swiss, 1917 - 1991

Lacourière et Frélaut (printer)

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Inscription

signed on colophon: Miró. [underlined]

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

Sims Reed Limited

Bibliography

1989: Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva, 1989: no. 49.