Lot no. 9
Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983)
“ Poema epitafio a Alexander Calder ”
Lithograph made on two sheets. Signed in pencil, dated 2/IV/77 and dedicated “To Joaquim and Odette with affection and in ¿pensant? and Sandy.Miró”
31,5 x 46 cm and 31,5 x 23 cm.
Epitaph poem written by Joan Miró upon the death of his close friend, the sculptor Alexander Calder, in 1976.
'Sandy Sandy
El teu cor s'ha apagat
al'aixercar-se el día.
Les teves cendres fórent escampades
per el jardí.
Les teves cendres voláren cap el cel
per fer l'amor amb els estels.
Sandy.
Sandy,
Les teves cendres acaricien
les flors arc-de-Sant Martí
que pessigolleigen el blau del cel'
(
Sandy Sandy
Your heart has gone out
as the day dawned.
Your ashes were scattered
throughout the garden.
Your ashes flew toward the sky
to make love with the stars.
Sandy.
Sandy,
May your ashes caress
the arc-de-Sant Martí flowers
that kiss the blue of the sky.)
See: https://culturacolectiva.com/historia/el-poema-de-miro-a-alexander-calder/
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