Excerpt from Joan Mir In the preparation of this book I am first of all indebted to the artist himself who has been most helpful and kind in replying to the many requests for information I have had to send him. Miro's New York dealer and friend for many years, Pierre Matisse, has assisted with research in every way possible, and so has Mrs. Matisse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.