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Foolproof (A Toute Épreuve)

Date:

1958

Artist:

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
poetry by Paul Eluard (French, 1895-1952)
published by Gérald Cramer (Swiss, 1917-1991)
printed by Atelier Lacourière (French, 20th century) and Fequet et Baudier (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Joan Miró

Title

Foolproof (A Toute Épreuve)

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1958

Medium

Book with eighty color woodcuts, with collage, on ivory wove paper, in slipcase

Dimensions

Slipcase: 34.7 × 27.1 × 5.2 cm (13 11/16 × 10 11/16 × 2 1/16 in.); Book: 33.4 × 26 × 3.7 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.502

Copyright

© 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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