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Série noire et rouge (Black and Red Series)
Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
Plate: 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (17.1 x 25.9 cm);
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 in. (25.1 x 33 cm)
Medium: Drypoint
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1988.77
Label Text:At the height of the Spanish Civil War, Miró created a suite of eight etchings, his dark vision of the plight of Spain. He systematically exploited two compositions, here the second of the two, printing the copperplates first separately, then overprinting and rotating them inked alternately in black and red. In front of a tilled field and ominous black sun, a defiant woman raises her arms to protect a girl and boy against a menacing monster, his enormous nose a club or phallus.
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