Joan Monet - Le Soleil Rouge (32.5 in x 23.5)

Artistic Context & History

• Release Year: 1972.

• Series: It was originally created as part of the Miró Lithographe I (Mourlot 859) series, published by Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona.

• Style: This work exemplifies Miró’s late-career surrealism. It features a dominant red circular form (the sun), which was a frequent motif in his visual vocabulary, surrounded by calligraphic black lines and primary-colored biomorphic shapes.