“Escultor Iran”

Year:	1974
Dimensions:	20 × 39,5 cm
Edition size:	1500
Catalogue raisonné:	M 934, Cramer 191
Printer:	Polígrafa, Barcelona
Signature:	Stone signed, bottom right

There was also a signed and numbered edition of 150. Joan Miró was a prolific printmaker who created a vast body of work using techniques like etching lithography and woodcuts. His interest in printmaking stemmed from a desire for artistic experimentation and a need to disseminate his art to a wider audience, which he achieved by publishing large editions. He created extensive print works for illustrated books, often inspired by Surrealist poetry, and he collaborated with skilled engravers to achieve technical mastery in his later career. By publishing his works in large editions, Miró made his art accessible to a wider audience, comparable to Picasso and Chagall. Miró also created numerous illustrations for books by Surrealist poets such as Robert Desnos and Paul Éluard. However, he did not view these as mere illustrations, but as a free expression of the text, which he brought to life through experimentation and the embrace of chance. Throughout his career, Miró experimented with various techniques, including drypoint, etching, aquatint, and lithography. This led to a development of his style, from the fine, faint lines of his earlier work to more stylized and abstract forms later. Although he began working in graphic art as early as 1925, his most intense production occurred in the 1970s.