Sun Eater
Joan Miró, Spanish, 1893 - 1983
1955
Color lithograph on wove paper
25/50
Sight: 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm)
Sight: 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.956.26.2
Printer
Atelier Mourlot Frères, Paris, France
Publisher
Maeght Editeur, Paris, France
Geography
Place Made: Spain, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: Miro (underscored) 1955; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 25/50
Exhibition History
Cubist/Surrealist Works, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, March 5-14, 1979.
Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.
Provenance
Peter H. Deitsch, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1956.
Catalogue Raisonne
Joan Miro: Lithographs, New York, 1975, vol. II, no. 218.
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