Joan Miró: A Retrospective

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / Yale University Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with stamps and labels on dj spine, end papers and block. Light shelfwear to block, boards, and dj. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Black cloth boards with bronze lettering; color illustrated dust jacket, mylar cover; 269 pp; profusely illustrated in color and bw. "This book emphasizes Miro's lifelong exploration of innovative media and methods, as well as his interest in the relationship of primitivism to modernism and of Surrealism to abstraction. Works representing all stages of Miro's long career are reproduced and discussed, ranging from realistic early paintings and drawings depicting his native Spain through later examples revealing the development of his imaginative and highly personal imagery"--Jacket. Contents include: Table of contents -- Miro before The farm: a cultural perspective / Robert S. Lubar -- Memories of the Rue Blomet / Joan Miro -- The birth of signs / Jacques Dupin -- Miro's Woman in revolt, 1938 / Jacques Dupin -- Drawings of the late years / Werner Schmalenbach -- Works in the exhibition -- Miro's Alicia mural at the Guggenheim / Thomas M. Messer.