Bagatelles végétales

Artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

Publisher Jean Aubier, Paris, 1956

Printer text: Henri Collas, Paris; etchings: Roger Lacourière, Paris (Jacques and Robert Frélaut, pressmen)

Author Michel Leiris (French, 1901-1990)

Date1956

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 9 3/4 in. (248 mm); W: 7 3/4 in. (197 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Chemise: H: 9 5/8 in. (245 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm); Depth: 13/16 in. (20 mm).
Book: H: 9 7/16 in. (239 mm); W: 7 7/16 in. (189 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 9 1/8 in. (231 mm); W: 7 1/8 in. (181 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 6 etchings with aquatint in colors, incl. 2 with added fingerprints in red and green. Text: letterpress (typeface: Caslon). Paper: Auvergne laid paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.778

Not on View

Label TextAs the colophon states, the red fingerprint on the frontispiece was placed by the artist himself.Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 207

cf. Cramer, Patrick, ed., Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1989, no. 33, col. reprs.

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. 133.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 49

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