Joan Miró
Le Lézard aux plumes d"or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers) (M. 789-828, C. bks 148) (1971)
twenty-six I. 13 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (34 x 47.6 cm)
two I. 13 1/8 x 38 1/2 in. (33.3 x 97.8 cm)
folded S. 14 x 19 5/8 in. (35.6 x 49.8 cm)
unfolded S. 14 x 39 1/4 in. (35.6 x 99.7 cm)
thirteen S. approx. 14 x 19 3/4 in. (35.6 x 50.2 cm)
portfolio 14 1/2 x 20 x 2 in. (36.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm)
The deluxe set of 15 lithographs in colors, on Rives BFK paper watermarked emMiro/em, with full margins, with title page, numbering page, text in French and justification, all folded and loose (as issued), with the additional suite of 13 lithographs in colors, on Japon Kochi paper, with full margins, lacking the suite on parchment, all contained in the original vellum covered portfolio case with printed title in silver.
The colors fresh and vibrant, signed in pencil and numbered "18" (printed) on the numbering page, the additional suite all signed and numbered 18/50 in pencil or red crayon (one of 20 deluxe copies with the additional suites, the total edition was 195), published by Louis Broder, Paris.