Joan MIRO (1893–1983) - Lot 202

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Joan MIRO (1893–1983) - Lot 202
Joan MIRO (1893–1983) Design for the cover of *Arts PTT* No. 75, March 1976. India ink, gouache, pencil, and collage. Signed lower right and titled lower center. Height: 34 cm Width: 24 cm Image size: 30 x 21 cm Bibliography: - Cover of the magazine *Arts PTT*, No. 75, March 1976. Miró had previously been commissioned by the postal service to design a stamp featuring one of his works, issued in September 1974 to mark Arphila 75. This stamp is, following the one by Georges Braque in 1961, the second French stamp to feature the work of a living contemporary artist. This collaboration continued in 1976 with Miró’s design of the cover for the magazine *Arts PTT* in March 1976. We thank the ADOM for confirming the authenticity of this work. An ADOM certificate will be issued to the purchaser on September 16, 2026. Text by Emile SIMON, President of the magazine *Arts PTT*, in issue No. 75 of the magazine from March 1976: The new format of our magazine *Arts P.T.T.* launched just two years ago, featuring the work of Alexander Calder… Today, a change of scenery! Miró is now calling the shots, with a vision undoubtedly more complex than Calder’s… I would like to emphasize that this is a significant event for our Society and that, following Calder’s contribution, Miró’s generosity fills us with joy…. I, in turn, will share a few insights into interpreting this work by Miró, which everyone is free to decipher and interpret in their own way. On the one hand, the central “figure” of the composition, with its tentacles, represents the multitude listening to itself and its surroundings. This symbol contains the eye (or individual) symbol, directed toward the telephone symbol located on the outside. On the other hand, the letters P.T.T. are arranged with arrows, as was Miró’s custom when he wished to convey movement. Finally, black and white are used as fundamental colors, in accordance with the principles of an entire artistic movement in contemporary art—values that bring two shades of blue and one of red to life in a profoundly French palette. It was hard to imagine that our wishes could be so fully, so perfectly fulfilled. May the brilliant Catalan painter rest assured of our gratitude and of the pleasure we will take in discovering, each quarter, a new issue of *Arts P.T.T.* opening with his work. Our friends will see the two covers alternate each year: 1976 is the Year of Miró. I believe we could not have offered the P.T.T. artists a more wonderful celebration. Expert: Cabinet Perrazzone Brun
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