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Au Paradis des Fantômes

Author: Benjamin Péret (French, 1899 – 1959)
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
1938

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with one drypoint and aquatint
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 14.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Virginia Herrick Deknatel Purchase Fund
Accession Number2013.365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Cramer, Miró livres illustrés, 007; Dupin 41
DescriptionImage repeats elements from "Série Noir et Rouge" (Dupin 32-39). Edition of 15 on blue Montval paper (with Miró print); 9 artist's proofs of print alone on blue Montval paper; 100 on Le Roy paper (without Miró print). Drypoint printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris. Typography printed by 2 Artisans, Paris. Published by Henri Parisot (Paris, 1938).
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 12/15 Miró
ProvenanceBefore 2005, sold by a dealer in Paris to Irving Zucker Art Books, Inc., New York; 2013, sold by Zucker Art to the MFA. (Accession date: April 24, 2013)