La Contre-Balancée

'La Contre-Balancée' highlights Miró's continued departure from traditional artistic conventions in the final decades of his life and showcases the artist's mastery in creating layered, emotive artworks. In this print, Miró depicts the abstracted form of a figure, inviting viewers to interpret the image in their own unique way. The dynamic contrast between bold, black strokes and delicate, thin lines adds depth without using representational perspective. Miró's signature black forms blend seamlessly with vibrant blue and red geometric shapes, giving the image an overall compositional balance. This etching and aquatint print demonstrates Miró's remarkable ability to merge abstraction with figuration, capturing a playful simplicity in a visually captivating manner.

Etching and aquatint in colours, 1975, on Arches paper, with the Maeght watermark, signed in pencil and numbered 40 from the edition of 50, printed by Morsang, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins, sheet: 1381 x 955 mm. (54 3/8 x 37¾ in.)

Dupin 754