Le Beluga

As the title 'Le Beluga' suggests, this monumental print depicts the abstracted form of a beluga whale, emerging through layers of vivid colours and fluid geometry. The dynamic contrast between bold, black strokes and delicate, thin lines representing the beluga's fins add depth and detail to the image. The artist's signature use of vibrant reds, blues, and greens present in this image further enhance its liveliness. Miró once famously stated that he tries to 'apply colours like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.' Here, his poetic approach is clear, using carborundum to build depth while contrasting the rich, sooty black colour of the beluga against a soft, beige background splattered with gestural marks.

Etching and aquatint with carborundum in colours, 1975, on Arches paper, with the Maeght watermark, signed in pencil and numbered 27 from the edition of 50, printed by Morsang, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins, sheet: 1197 x 1588 mm. (47 1/8 x 62½ in.)

Dupin 756