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Càntic del Sol (Canticle of the Sun)
Illustrated by: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Printer and Publisher: Gustau Gili (Spanish, 20th century)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Printer and Publisher: Gustau Gili (Spanish, 20th century)
1975
Place of Publication: Barcelona, Spain
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 31 [of 33] color etching and aquatints
Dimensions
Overall (in case): 40.2 x 54.7 x 6.3 cm (15 13/16 x 21 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dean Jose Lluis and Ramona Sert
Accession Number1992.188
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Barcelona: Editorial Gustau Gili, 1975
Catalogue Raisonné
Cramer, Miró livres illustrés, 196
Description(Barcelona: Editorial Gustau Gili, 1975) Large oblong folio, unbound; original publisher's yellow cloth portfolio, yellow cloth box.
No. 48 from an edition of 273 (one of the 220 regular copies numbered 31-250. The intaglio plates are in the collection of the Centre d’Estudio d’art Contemporani Joan Miró de Barcelona.
No. 48 from an edition of 273 (one of the 220 regular copies numbered 31-250. The intaglio plates are in the collection of the Centre d’Estudio d’art Contemporani Joan Miró de Barcelona.
Signed
Signed on verso of title page, in graphite: Miró; dedicated on preliminary folio in graphite to “Moncha i Josep-Lluis / de tot car / Miró 11/v/75," with an original ornamental drawing.
ProvenanceDean Jose Lluis and Ramona Sert, by whom given to MFA, April 22, 1992.
Copyright© 2011 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris