Els Gossos VI (The Dogs VI) (D.1102), 1979 by Joan Miró

Els Gossos VI (The Dogs VI) (D.1102), 1979

Name: Els Gossos VI (The Dogs VI) (D.1102), 1979
Brand: Joan Miró
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Joan Miró

Medium: hand-signed etching on Arches

Signature: signed 'Miró' lower right and annotated lower left

Framed size: 52 x 36"

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"Els Gossos VI (The Dogs VI) (D.1102)" is an etching on Arches created by Joan Miró for his 1979 series "Els Gossos." From the edition of 45, the artwork is signed 'Miró' lower right and annotated lower left. The artwork is framed in a contemporary black frame and has a framed size of 52 x 36". The artwork ships framed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Created in 1979, Joan Miró’s "Els Gossos (The Dogs)" series belongs to the artist’s late graphic work, a period marked by directness, scale, and expressive economy. Rather than depicting dogs in a conventional way, Miró uses the subject as a point of departure for movement, instinct, and visual invention. The animals are suggested through sweeping black forms, energetic marks, and flashes of color, allowing each image to move between figuration and abstraction.

"Els Gossos VI" is a large etching with aquatint, giving the image a physical presence and a richness of surface that suits Miró’s late style. The scale allows his gestures to feel expansive, while the limited but vivid color accents bring rhythm and focus to the compositions.

In "Els Gossos VI," a dominant black form rises through the sheet, offset by earthy tones and small areas of red, green, yellow, pink, and blue. The image feels more concentrated and atmospheric, with the dog-like presence emerging through suggestion rather than description. The composition has a raw, almost mask-like quality, balanced by delicate linear details and small flashes of color.

"Els Gossos VI" shows Miró’s ability to create variation from a concise vocabulary of signs. Dogs are not treated as literal subjects, but as carriers of movement, personality, and instinct. This openness is central to Miró’s mature work: a few marks can suggest a creature, a landscape, a dream figure, or a burst of energy without fixing the image into a single reading.

As a work from the "Els Gossos," series this print offer a strong view of Miró’s late printmaking: bold, economical, and expressive. Its appeal lies in the combination of large scale, tactile printed surface, gestural black forms, and carefully placed color. It is accessible imagery, but retains the ambiguity and visual intelligence that make Miró’s graphic work so enduring.

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Details

Medium: hand-signed etching on Arches
Year: 1979
Edition: 45

Sheet size: 45.37 x 29"
Image size: 45.37 x 29"
Framed size: 52 x 36"

Signature: signed 'Miró' lower right and annotated lower left

Reference:

Dupin 1102

Literature:

Dupin, J. Miró Engraver IV. 1976-1983. Daniel Lelong, 2001. pg. 125. no. 1102.

About the Work

About the Artist

Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a pioneering Catalan artist whose bold colors, lyrical forms, and dreamlike imagery made him one of the most influential voices of 20th-century modernism. After early training in Barcelona, he joined the Paris avant-garde in the 1920s, developing a distinctive visual language that bridged Surrealism, folk traditions, and abstraction.
While celebrated for his paintings, Miró devoted extraordinary energy to printmaking, producing over 2,000 etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts. Working with master printers, he transformed graphic art into a field of radical experimentation, from the politically charged Barcelona Series to luminous late lithographs like Grans Rupestres. His use of innovative techniques such as carborundum and sugar-lift aquatint redefined what prints could achieve, making them as original and vital as his canvases.
Today, Miró’s graphic works are prized by collectors for their rarity, brilliance, and enduring freshness, embodying both the history of modernism and the vitality of 21st-century taste.

Els Gossos VI (The Dogs VI) (D.1102), 1979

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