Maravillas Con Variaciones Acrósticas En El Jardín De Miró (Wonders With Aristocratic Variations In Miró's Garden), 1975; Lithograph on Japon paper; Signed Miró in pencil, lower right and numbered II/V in pencil, lower left; Framed using two acid free mats, a black and gold wood frame, and UV conservation clear glass; Size - Image: 21" x 29 1/4"; Sheet 21" x 29 1/4"; Frame: 35" x 43"; Catalog Raisonne: Mourlot 1067, Cramer 211.
Matisse said of Miro, "Without a single line the piece would fall," referring to Miro's wonderful and skillful use of balance. The best works by Joan Miro are always perfectly balanced compositions in both form and color. This work entitled, "Maravillas Con Variaciones Acrósticas En El Jardín De Miró (Wonders With Aristocratic Variations In Miró's Garden)" created in 1975 is an excellent example of Miro's technical skill. To the untrained eye, the image at first appears as a jumble of random gestures and children's scribbles; however a little closer look reveals the genius at work. The red, green, brown, yellow, and blue wax lines are applied both thick and thin and both the forms and colors are chosen quite specifically for maximum visual impact. The overlying thick black wash lines provide depth of field by forcing the wax colored lines back into the background, creating a figure to ground relationship.
Close up of the Miro pencil signature
Close up of the Roman number, II/V (2/5)
The application of the black overlying lines also ties the work together and further balances the work. Imagine simply removing any element from the composition and you will realize that it becomes heavy on one side or the other. For instance, if you remove the green lines in the bottom right that form an angle, that part of the composition feels empty and therefore the upper and lower left sections become heavy and the work falls off balance. This illustration can be used for just about every element, to demonstrate Miro's skill. This particular work is very rare, as it's edition is only five and this is the number two from the series.
Photograph of the framed lithograph
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