Miró, Joan, The Mongolian Bird, 1969

1969

Original color etching, aquatint and carborundum on Arches paper

103.5 x 70.3 cm

Annotated "HC" lower left in the subject, signed in white pencil by the artist lower right in the subject

Maeght éditeur, Paris

Catalogue raisonné : Dupin 513

Thick black lines cross the print to form the silhouette of a bird. The black, engraved in relief, magnifies the colors used: emerald green, orange, blue, red and yellow. Miro plays again and again with this technique: carborundum etching.