original color lithograph, 37x27 cm in light passe-partout, the work is framed in a black frame with glass
The lithograph was created at the famous Atelier Mourlot in Paris and was included in the Mourlot catalogs under number 343.
The lithograph was created at the Paris graphic design studio known as Imprimerie Mourlot, Mourlot Freres and Atelier Mourlot. Since the 1920s, the company specialized in artistic lithography. Its development comes at a time when the studio began to be headed by Fernand Mourlot. It was he who established cooperation with the greatest artists of the time, and gained fame and recognition especially in the period from the 1950s to the 1980s, when he published lithographs of such stars of world art as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro and Henri Matisse. He put all his published works by these artists into catalogs, which are now an oracle for collectors.
On the other hand, the publisher of the French art magazine Derriere le Miroir, published between 1946 and 1982, was Aime Maeght, a art dealer and collector. He also founded Galerie Maeght in Paris and Barcelona. He represented the interests of artists such as Miro, Chagall and Matisse, among others.
In the 1950s. Miro settled permanently in Palma de Mallorca, where he established an engraving and lithography workshop. Fascinated by printmaking techniques and the many expressive and communicative possibilities they offered, he saw this medium as a tool to perfectly capture his art. He used unusual utensils such as combs, shells and fingers to create his prints, which helped to make them even more personal. Miro's graphics, were often intended for books and magazines published in limited editions. Whether they were etchings or color lithographs, they are today faithful witnesses to his language.
