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Fine art color etching and aquatint titled L'Invitée du Dimanche III (Sunday Guest III) created in 1969 by the renowned Catalan Surrealist artist Joan Miró.
Artwork Overview
• Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
• Title: L'Invitée du Dimanche III (also documented as L'Invite du dimanche, fond noir III)
• Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches paper
• Edition Size: Typically limited to an edition of 75 plus artist proofs
• Signature: Hand-signed by Miró in pencil in the lower right margin, with the edition number inscribed in the lower left.
Composition & Style
This piece perfectly encapsulates Miró’s late graphic style, which is heavily characterized by a deep sense of spontaneity, raw texture, and a highly personal vocabulary of symbols:
• The Background: The intense, velvety black background serves as a dramatic canvas that allows the colors to pop with striking luminosity.
• Linework: A thick, textured, chalk-like white line violently slices horizontally across the middle, contrasting with loops and tangles of thinner primary-colored lines (red, yellow, and blue) and green elements.
• Iconography: Dispersed throughout the energetic composition are classic Miró motifs, including his signature star/asterisk shapes, abstract biomorphic figures, and splatters of textured pink and red dots. |
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