id:			160313
accession number:	1998.183.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.183.a
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:31.580000

Laurels Number One: Femmes et oiseau devant la lune, 1947. Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983), Laurels Gallery. Relief etching; sheet: 22 x 22.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 1998.183.a © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

title:				Femmes et oiseau devant la lune
title in original language:	
series:				Laurels Number One
series in original language:	
creation date:			1947
creation date earliest:		1947
creation date latest:		1947
current location:		
creditline:			Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
copyright:			© Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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culture:	Spain, 20th century
technique:	relief etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)  - artist

* Laurels Gallery  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 22 x 22.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	Original pasteboard portfolios.  Inside folders of handmade paper and hand printing by Douglas Howell
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	numbered 42 in ink on the justification slip
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		Cutting Edge: Modern Prints from Atelier 17
	opening date:   2017-04-09T04:00:00
	<i>Cutting Edge: Modern Prints from Atelier 17</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-August 13, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:


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wall description:
Chris Ritter, director of the Laurel Gallery, New York, planned that Laurels would be a periodical with literature, prints, original calligraphy, handset type, and handmade papers by Douglass Howell. The first issue, which appeared in May 1947, included prints by Joan Miró, Anne Ryan, Stanley William Hayter, Reginald Marsh, George Constant, and Will Barnet. Only four issues were published.
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