MIRÓ, Joan (Pl. 49) Galerie Maeght, 1949 - buying Atelier Mourlot - Original vintage lithograph - mid-century modern art

Item #: MRL049
Artist: Joan Miró
Description: Poster design created for Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1949
Printed by: Mourlot Frères, Paris
From 'Affiches Originales des Maîtres de l'Ecole de Paris'
Published by: André Sauret, 1959
Medium: Lithographic print in five colors on vellum paper
Signed: buying Signed in the plate
Paper size: 12.5"H x 9.25"W

This lithograph, from 'Affiches Originales des Maîtres de l'Ecole de Paris' (English language edition title: ‘Art in Posters') was printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris. Mourlot's master printers were the very best in the field of fine art printing, and the atelier became the printer of choice for the graphic work of the preeminent artists of the mid-twentieth-century. In 1959, with the artists' authorization, Mourlot produced 'Affiches Originales des Maîtres de l'Ecole de Paris', a special edition volume illustrating 102 exhibition posters created between 1933 and 1959 by members of the School of Paris (Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso). The work, which was issued in different language editions in France, England, Germany, Italy and the United States, presented lithographic prints of the artists' original posters, scaled down to fit the format of the book.

Also available in an off-white 12x16 mat, with backing board.