Manolo Valdés (b. Valencia 1942)

La Reina Mariana como pretexto, Miró

Etching in colors on Super Alfa Guarro paper

From the edition of 75, published May 1984, Madrid, Spain

This etching comes from the portfolio with the same name and with text by Valeriano Bozal

Sheet: 29.92 x 22.04 in. (76 x 56 cm.)

Image: 16.53 x 11.81 in. (42 x 30 cm.)

Framed dimensions 30.5 x 24.5 in.

Queen Mariana (1634-1696) was born in Austria and was the Queen Consort of Spain, married to Philip IV. Valdes has used her as the inspiration for many series of works in printmaking, painting, and sculpture, often deconstructing and reconstructing paintings of her by other painters, such as Velazquez. An oft-used element found in most of his works depicting the queen is the curved headpiece, as seen here in the top portion of the print.