Joan MIRO - Das Lächeln am Fusse der Leiter by Henry Miller. - Lot 553

Joan MIRO - Das Lächeln am Fusse der Leiter by Henry Miller. Title page and illustrations from the German translation of Henry Miller's Le sourire au pied de l'échelle, published in 1965 by Rowohlt. https://www.abebooks.com/L%C3%A4cheln-Fusse-Leiter-Miller-Henry-Reinbeck/16090073192/bd https://auctionet.com/en/918653-two-works-by-henry-miller-one-of-which-is-illustrated-by-joan-miro - "Green / Red / Blue / Black / see model / very bad / Miro". Lithographic Cromalin of 6 plates after Joan Miro with captions and comments in German by the printer in graphite, bleed edges and color palette of green, red, yellow, blue and black. Severe appraisal signed by Joan Miro in graphite; "very bad". Sheet size: 49.6 x 70 cm. Folds, small tears in margins without affecting illustrations, margins slightly sunned, traces of dust, adhesive paper in two plates. 2nd copy of this cromalin of six lithographs, in two sheets: 50.4 x 25.4 cm (color palette increased by blue no. 2) + 50 x 45 cm. - "Revoir le rouge qui est faux / Miro". Lithographic chromalin of a plate after Joan Miro, printer's note Titelseite (title page) in graphite, lost edges and colorimetric palette of reds and blacks. Severe appraisal signed by Joan Miro in graphite. Sheet size: 35 x 25 cm. Folds, small tears in margins without affecting illustrations, margins slightly sunned, traces of dust, adhesive paper in two plates. 2nd copy of this lithograph cromalin, unmarked: 35.2 x 25.2 cm. - Lithographic cromalin of a double plate after Joan Miro, lost edges and color palette of red, green, yellow, blue n°1, black and blue n°2. Sheet size: 27.2 x 50.3 cm. - Lithographic Cromalin of two double plates after Joan Miro, with bleed. Sheet size: 50.3 x 42 cm.