L'Oiseau mongol

Joan Miró

1969

Original etching, aquatint and carborundum in colors 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

Catalog 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.