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Aidez lEspagne, 1937
 
 
Image of Joan Miró<br><I>Aidez lEspagne, </I>1937 <br>Color pochoir on paper <br>32.1 x 50.2 cm <br>The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002 (2002.456.1098) Photograph © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. © 2006 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Joan Miró
Aidez lEspagne, 1937
Color pochoir on paper
32.1 x 50.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002 (2002.456.1098) Photograph © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. © 2006 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Joan Miró
Aidez lEspagne, 1937

Miró originally created this print as a design for a postage stamp that would be sold to raise money for the Spanish Republic during the civil war.

He selected a style and theme that would have both visual impact and popular appeal. “I painted the figure of a Catalan peasant wearing a barretina [a traditional hat],” Miró said, “because its a human being I know very well and because he is a person who stems from the earth.”

He clearly expressed his political views through the inscription at the bottom: “In the current struggle, I see on one side the antiquated forces of fascism; on the other side, the people, whose vast creative resources will give Spain a spirit that will astonish the world.”

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Black and Red Series, 1938