After scuba diving in the Mediterranean Sea off Costa Brava, in Catalan, Spain, we went for a drink in a coastal pub. These three small paintings were on display. We assumed they were the works of the pub owner's children, but the back is signed Miró, and the owner assured us that these were real sketches Miro had made on vacation back in the early 1900s. My husband won them in an epic drinking contest.

Here you can see how Miró’s works sometimes defy description. He considered his paintings “poems”; the surreal symbols he uses link to his subconscious.

$8200

Miro, Joan

1938

I was intrigued to figure out whether making a "simple" drawing was as easy as it looked. It was not.

Watercolour, gouache and ink on watercolour paper, mounted on board.