Prints & Multiples

Provenance:

Bouquinerie de l’Institut, Paris 

Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills, California

Literature:

Dupin 100

Miró created the design for the three copper plates for La Main at Atelier 17, Stanley William Hayter's experimental print studio in New York, in 1947. Using the technique of soft-ground etching to allow for a greater variation of impressions and textures that could be added to a copper plate, Miró included an impression of his right hand, along with several fingerprints, into one of these copper plates. The plates would later be completed by Miró and printed in 1953 by Atelier Lacourière.

Each plate has top left corner bent, fingerprints, minor surface soiling, remains of ink, with stickers verso. Please contact [email protected] for additional images.

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