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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)
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
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.
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