Joan Miro
“International Rescue Committee EA 1966 HS”
Limited Edition Print : Lithograph on Arches Paper
Size: 18.11x24.21x0.00 inches | 46x61 cm
Edition: EA
6 watchers
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Year1966
Hand SignedSigned By the Artist in Pencil
Condition Excellent
Not Framed
Purchased fromAuction House 2021
Provenance / HistoryGalerie Michel, Paris. The sale from which this came described the provenance as “Une Galerie Parisienne Historique” and this was no less then the truth. It was founded in 1912 by Robert Gustav Michel and was situated on the Quai Saint-Michel specialising in graphics by Modern Masters. The last owner, Francoise, sadly retired recently due to ill health.
Story / Additional InfoTitle: International Rescue Committee. Medium: Lithograph, 1966, in colours, on Arches (watermarked) paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil. Printed by: Mourlot Freres,, Paris
Published by: The International Rescue Committee, 1966, Washington DC
Note: This comes from from the International Rescue Committee portfolio. In 1940, after Hitler’s Army swept through Europe and seized France, a New York journalist named Varian Fry was dispatched to Marseilles by the Emergency Rescue Committee, later to become the IRC. There he initiated a clandestine operation to rescue some of Europe’s most important cultural leaders whose names were on the Nazis’ list of most wanted. Often called the “American Schindler,” Fry was able to rescue over 1,500 writers, artists and intellectuals.
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