Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983
La Baigneuse, 1938
Drypoint on Arches wove paper
33 x 45 cm
13 x 17 3/4 in
Engraved at Atelier Marcoussis
Printed by Atelier Lacourière, Paris
Published by Pierre Loeb, Paris and Pierre Matisse, New York
13 x 17 3/4 in
Engraved at Atelier Marcoussis
Printed by Atelier Lacourière, Paris
Published by Pierre Loeb, Paris and Pierre Matisse, New York
9/30
This etching was made in the same year as Miro painted Woman in Front of the Sun. For Miro the female figure had a fundamental connection with divinity. She was...
This etching was made in the same year as Miro painted Woman in Front of the Sun. For Miro the female figure had a fundamental connection with divinity. She was the giver of life, possessed a certain authority that placed her before the sun, moon and stars.