La Ruisselante Solaire (The Solar Dripping) 1976
The standout artwork which the collection was curated around
Joan Miró La Ruisselante Solaire (The Solar Dripping) 1976 is an arresting composition of glowing red and splattered black. The upper right is ruled by a red sphere, evocative of a Japanese scroll painting. The center is dominated by a black shape exploding chaotically and dripping down, with a piercing, black-rimmed yellow eye, staring silently at the viewer. The red iris is echoed through the glowing sun. Below the eye is a pale blue face with nostril-like marks, at once recognizable and strange. Flanking it are two mysterious shapes, growing out of the bottom and right edges. The bold blue-and-red horizontal stripes echo the red sphere and the haunting blue pupil-less eye of the exploding black figure. The composition moves in a strong diagonal line from the upper right to the lower left, taking the viewer on a dynamic journey through Joan Miró’s transcendental world.
Created in 1976, this color lithograph is hand signed by Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983) in the lower right. An artist proof inscribed “H.C.” (Hors de Commerce) in pencil in the lower left; aside from the numbered edition of 30. Printed by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, and published by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris.
