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Catalan edition of the dialogues between Georges Raillard and Joan Miró, at the age of 84.
The germ of the idea for this collection of Joan Miró’s correspondence had been planted in the late 1960s by Joan Ainaud de Lasarte (1919-1995), but it was finally realised by a team of researchers and documentalists led by Joan M. Minguet, Teresa Montaner and Joan Santanach.
In 1947 a meeting between Paul Éluard and publisher Gérald Cramer led to a project for an illustrated book entitled “À toute épreve”. Éluard suggested that his friend Joan Miró should illustrate his poems. Cramer got in touch with Miró immediately.This correspondence, which spanned almost thirty-five years, remains one of the tangible signs of this...
A man of few words, for his whole life Joan Miró disappeared behind his work, exploring the minds and hearts of others. In this book, though, he’s the one doing the talking. The most fascinating interview is undoubtedly the one in which he discusses his paintings with Georges Raillard. By opening the door to Miró’s studio, we can discover the secret to...