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Joan Miró
El Pi de Formentor (The Pine of Formentor)
- Estimate
- $25,000 - 35,000
$52,500
Lot Details
The set of six etchings with aquatint in colors, on Guarro paper (plate 4 watermark Sala Gaspar), with full margins and the full sheet.
1976
all I. various sizes
all S. 41 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (104.8 x 90.2 cm)
all S. 41 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (104.8 x 90.2 cm)
All signed and numbered 9/50 in pencil (there were also a few hors commerce), published by Sala Gaspar, Barcelona (with their blindstamp), all unframed.
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Catalogue Essay
Not it the soil sustaining his tower of living vigour,
about the stubborn boulders his massy roots entwine:
he greets the dews and showers, chill wind and torrid rigour;
and, like the ancient prophet, the smiles of heaven transfigure
his form with life divine.
(stanza from El Pi de Formentor, Costa i Llobera, 1875)
Miró was inspired by Costa i Llobera's poem - an ode to the native cedar trees of Spanish Catalan island Majorca's Formentor Peninsula.
about the stubborn boulders his massy roots entwine:
he greets the dews and showers, chill wind and torrid rigour;
and, like the ancient prophet, the smiles of heaven transfigure
his form with life divine.
(stanza from El Pi de Formentor, Costa i Llobera, 1875)
Miró was inspired by Costa i Llobera's poem - an ode to the native cedar trees of Spanish Catalan island Majorca's Formentor Peninsula.
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