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Photo Credit: photo: R. Lee
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The Skyline (La ligne d’horizon)
193820th century
200 x 267 mm (7.9 x 10.5 in.)
Joán Miró, Spanish, (1893–1983)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching and drypoint on medium-weight ivory Arches wove paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Edition:
17/30, presumably printed by Roger Lacourière. The year this print was made, Miró entered into a partnership with French printer Roger Lacourière, and through this collaboration the two produced a body of extraordinary intaglio prints.
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Miró”
Marks:
Watermark:
Arches
Bibliography:
Dupin 29.
Credit Line:
Weedon Endowment funds, 2001
Accession Number:
2001.20.1
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]
- Surrealist
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 200 x 267 mm (7.9 x 10.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Joán Miró, Spanish, (1893–1983) . The Skyline (La ligne d’horizon), 1938. Etching and drypoint on medium-weight ivory Arches wove paper. plate : 200 x 267 mm (7.9 x 10.5 in.). Sheet : 330 x 448 mm (13 x 17.6 in.). DAC accession number 2001.20.1. Weedon Endowment funds, 2001. (photo: R. Lee) .