© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗La lumière de la lame (The Light of the Blade): one plate (D. 325), 1962
Etching · Paper · ed. 15/125
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Auction result
Le grillon (The Cricket): two impressions
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) · 1958
$13,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £10,861≈ €12,872
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- Medium
- Drypoint · Prints & multiples all drypoint results →As published: “Two drypoints including one with hand-coloring and one with aquatint in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 30/IV
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Joan Miró signature
- Category
- Drypoints
- Dimensions
- both I. 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (13.4 x 9.4 cm) one S. 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (16.5 x 13.5 cm) one S. 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection (NY030117)
- Date
- April 18, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 98
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,370 – £3,949) (≈ €2,808 – €4,681)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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