Anthologie de l’humour noir

Artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

Publisher Éditions du sagittaire, Paris, 1950

Printer text: l’Imprimerie Chassaing, Nevers; lithograph: [Mourlot frères, Paris]

Author André Breton (French, 1896-1966)

Date1950

DimensionsBook: H: 9 1/16 in. (230 mm); W: 5 5/8 in. (143 mm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (47 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 8 3/4 in. (223 mm); W: 5 3/8 in. (136 mm).
Sheet: H: 8 3/4 in. (222 mm); W: 5 3/8 in. (137 mm).

MediumOriginal print: lithograph in colors on cream wove paper. Reproductions: 22 photolithographs of paintings, etchings and photographs (portraits of the authors) on coated white wove paper, plus 1 design incorporating the portraits printed across the wrappers (incl. the turn ins). Text: letterpress on Johannot pure rag wove paper, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.774

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Cramer, Patrick, ed., Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1989, no. 22, col. repr.