Parler seul: poème

Artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

Publisher Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 1948-1950 (Adrien Maeght)

Printer lithographs: Mourlot Frères, [Paris]; text: Féquet et Baudier, [Paris]

Author Tristan Tzara (French (born Romania), 1896-1963)

Date1948-1950

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 15 3/8 in. (391 mm); W: 11 13/16 in. (300 mm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (48 mm).
Chemise: H: 15 1/16 in. (382 mm); W: 11 5/8 in. (295 mm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (38 mm).
Book: H: 15 1/16 in. (382 mm); W: 11 1/2 in. (292 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 14 7/8 in. (378 mm); W: 11 1/8 in. (282 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 1 lithographed collage in colors (cover), plus 72 lithographs in colors and in black (incl. chemise and slipcase). Text: letterpress (typeface: Bodoni). Paper: Malacca pure rag wove (watermarked: LANA).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.773

Not on View

Label TextDada poet Tristan Tzara wrote this poem in 1945 when he was in a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Alban. This is an outstanding example of a successful collaboration between colorful images and random verse. The 72 lithographs by Joan Miró were printed over a two-year period, from 1948 to 1950. The artist also designed the collage and case enclosing the book.Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 206

cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France: The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 126, 339, repr.

cf. Cramer, Patrick, ed., Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1989, no. 61, col. repr.

cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 127.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 48

Toledo Museum of Art, Magical Miró: Books and Prints from the Bareiss Collection, Feb. 14-May 11, 2003.