Partisan Review

Joan Miró Partisan Review etching, 1947, on wove paper, signed, dated New York 3-5-47 and dedicated pour Hayter in pencil, inscribed épreuve d’essai/ 2ieme état, a rare working proof, printed at Atelier 17 in New York in 1947 (before the edition of five printed in Paris in 1952-53), with wide margins, a deckle edge at right, pale time-staining, two foxmarks in the left margin, the collector’s stamp verso faintly visible recto, otherwise in good condition; with another impression, printed with monotype colouring, 1947, signed, dated and dedicated pour Hayter in pencil, inscribed épreuve d’essai, a unique working proof printed at Atelier 17 in New York in 1947, with wide margins, a very pale stain in the right margin extending slightly into the image, a small foxmark in the right margin, the collector’s stamp verso faintly visible recto, otherwise in good condition Plate 175 x 105 mm., Sheet 254 x 175 mm.; Plate 175 x 105 mm., Sheet 253 x 168 mm. (2)