Le Chien aboyant à la lune
Joan Miró
1952
Original color lithograph on Arches paper
35.7 x 53.5 cm
Print signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Lithograph executed for the magazine "Verve" Volume VII n°27-28.
Tériade publisher. Mourlot imprimeur.
Catalog raisonné : Mourlot 121
This lithograph appeared in issue 27-28 of the art and literary magazine Verve, founded by the art critic Tériade.
The dog barking in the night is a recurring subject for the artist, as two works, in 1926 and 1936, already deal with this theme.
While the silhouettes of the animals - dog, rooster, cat and bird - are clearly recognizable, the bright colors of Miron's palette plunge the viewer into a dreamlike, slightly disquieting universe.
