Miró and the US, Parasol Press

Joan Miró’s profound impact on the mid-20th-century American art scene stems from his strategic engagement with U.S. galleries and artists, notably through the 1945 "Constellations" series and his 1947 New York mural commission. His work provided a liberating alternative to surrealism, influencing painters like Lee Krasner and Willem de Kooning by demonstrating how to integrate lyrical lines with dense, all-over compositions. Complementing this, the evolution of the 1970s American print renaissance centers on Parasol Press, where publisher Bob Feldman bridged the gap between conceptual artists and master printers. By commissioning technically ambitious works—such as Chuck Close’s mezzotint "Keith" and Dorothea Rockburn’s folded, white-ink series—Feldman elevated printmaking from a reproductive medium to a primary artistic practice, challenging traditional notions of flatness and seriality in modern art.