Surreal Pen & Ink Original Drawing attributed to Joan Miro c. 1950

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Joan Miró Joan Miró, photo by Carl Van Vechten , June 1935 Birth nameJoan Miró i Ferr� Born ( 1893-04-20 )20 April 1893 Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain Died 25 December 1983 (1983-12-25 ) (aged 90) Palma , Majorca , Spain Spouse Pilar Juncosa Iglesias (1929–1983) Nationality Spanish Field Painting , Sculpture , Mural and Ceramics Training Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Llotja , and Escuela de Arte de Francesco Galí, Circulo Artístico de Sant Lluc , 1907–1913 Movement Surrealism , Dada , Personal, Experimental Influenced by André Masson , Pablo Picasso , Tristan Tzara and André Breton Influenced Arshile Gorky Awards 1954 Venice Biennale Grand Prize for Graphic Work,1958 Guggenheim International Award,1980 Gold Medal of Fine Arts, For sale is this original surrealist drawing of a group of rather animated and agitated figures. This is a pen and ink drawing that is signed "Miro" (see photo 2). The artwork measures 11" x 7 and 1/2". This drawing was purchased from an art dealer in Great Britain in 2004. There is no paperwork or documentation so it is being sold as being attributed to Joan Miro. The "transparency" of the figures reminds this seller of Miro's Barcelona series of lithographs from the 40's. The sexual organs of the figures are very prominent as is their raw aggressive posturing. The drawing is in excellent condition with only read more