Artist Spotlight: Joan Miró

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“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life,” Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893–1983).


Joan Miró, Makemono
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983), Makemono, 1956, color lithographic scroll in colors on silk with wooden batons (accompanied with original carved and painted wood box), 16.13″ x 382″ (41 x 970 cm).
Sold: $16,250

Disrupting the visual elements of established style, Joan Miró was a painter who combined abstract art with surrealist fantasy. He was a leading light of the Surrealist movement, and his work had a significant impact on a wide range of artists — earning Miró recognition as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.


Joan Miró, <em>Sculptures (M. 950)</em>.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983), Sculptures (M. 950), 1974, lithograph in colors on BFK Rives France, 20″ x 29.5″.
Sold: $441

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