Joan Miro – The Complete Catalogue Raisonné, 6 Volumes

Joan Miro – The Complete Catalogue Raisonné

Lithographe I-VI, 6 Volumes

Maeght Editeurs, 1972 – 1992

Featuring 34 Original Color Lithographs Printed by Mourlot

This is the six volume collection of the complete catalogue raisonné (French-language issue) of “Lithographe I-VI” published by Maeght Editeurs, Paris from 1972 to 1992 covering Joan Miro’s work from 1930 to 1981. Laura Cumming, Art Critic for The Guardian wrote about Miro’s work in the April, 2011 issue, “When Miró died in 1983, at the age of 90, he had long been cherished as the last of the modernist stars. His pictorial language was singular, instantly recognisable and – quite rightly – no longer perceived as some Catalan dialect of surrealism. Its elements were, and remain, upliftingly joyous and familiar: signals, signs and flags, butterflies, eyes and shooting stars, dots and darts, insects, sperms and body parts, whiskery critters and innocent forms that proliferate like teeming cells through the cosmos of his art.”

Each volume measure 13” x 10” and is bound in cloth covered boards with a paper and acetate dust jacket. The following are the details of each volume:

Lithographe I:   1930-1952, 12 original color lithographs and 189 color plates, contains lithographs 1 – 189. Condition: FINE with very minor shelf wear to the bottom edge and acetate jacket. 

Lithographe II:  1953-1963, 12 original color lithographs and over 200 color plates, contains lithographs 190-389. Condition: Near FINE with minor soiling to the edges and page ends as well as minor shelf wear and minor tears to the head and heel of the acetate dust jacket.

Lithographe III: 1964-1968, 5 original color lithographs and over 200 color plates, contains lithographs 390 – 623. Near FINE with soiling to the edges and page ends as well as minor shelf wear and a minor tear to the head of the acetate dust jacket.

Lithographe IV: 1969-1972, 5 original color lithographs and over 200 color plates, contains lithographs 624 – 870. Near FINE with soiling to the edges and page ends as well as minor shelf wear and a few minor tears to the edges of the acetate dust jacket. There is a tear to the back of the acetate dust jacket that has been repaired.

Lithographe V:  1972-1975, 210 color plates, no original lithographs, contains lithographs 871-1083. Condition: As New – Still in the Publisher’s shrinkwrap.

Lithographe VI: 1976-1981, 200 pages, 180 color plates, no original lithographs, contains lithographs 1084-1269 plus 39 additional lithographs that are supplements to the original volumes plus indexes and addenda for all volumes. Condition: As New – Still in the Publisher’s shrinkwrap.

Photographs of the spines of the books and some of the original lithographs appear below. Please note that although the images may appear digitized as thumbnails, you can click your mouse on the thumbnail to view them in the photo viewer.