Joan Brossa Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joan Brossa Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 23, 2026
Joan Brossa. No title. Object poem
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Glass on a wooden base, encapsulated in a methacrylate display case. Signed on the base. Edition of 10 copies. Presented on a lacquered wooden base.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 27, 2026
Brossa. New romances of dragoli
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BROSSA, Joan.- "NOUS ROMANCETS DEL DRAGOLÍ ACCOMPANYATS D´AUQUES EN FULLS" Dau al Set, summer 1953. 25 x 18 cm., cover. on branch. Romancillos accompanied by hallelujahs with collages.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 27, 2026
Brossa. Nocturnes you find. Dau al Set
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BROSSA, Joan.- "NOCTURNS ENCONTRES o un milionari es troba arran de la mort. Una neboda..." Dau al Set, gener 1952. 24.5 x 17 cm., cover. Two photographs of the representation of the work by Nicolás Muller.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 26, 2026
Brossa. Sin título
Est: -
Serigrafía sobre papel. Numerada (H. C. - Hors Commerce 10/15) en el ángulo inferior izquierdo. Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 14, 2026
JOAN BROSSA. "Oda a Joan Miró". (d)
Est: €800 - €850
Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1973 With lithographs by Joan Miró. Edition no. 439 of ten copies, signed by Brossa and Miró. Publisher's cloth binding. 34x27 cm.
Balclis
May. 13, 2026
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona (1919) / (1998) "Sis diagrames", 1989
Est: €1,050 - €2,100
Collage and lithograph on paper Signed and numbered 19/100 in pencil at the lower margin. Provenance: Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona Dimensions: 9.5 × 6 cm; sheet: 37 × 55 cm
Ansorena
May. 12, 2026
JOAN BROSSA - Barcino
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JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Barcino. 1994 Object-poem in zamac and aluminum on a marble base Signed Limited edition unknown Dimensions 7.5 x 23 x 5.2 cm Published by Cha-Chá, Barcelona 1994 This piece refers to the work the artist installed in Plaça Novoa in Barcelona, in front of the Roman wall. Barcino is the Roman name for the city.
Subastas Segre
Apr. 29, 2026
Pincel. La novela. Litografías de Tapies
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BROSSA, Joan.- "NOVEL·LA" B.: Sala Gaspar, 1965. Folio, ej. en rama contenido en carpeta editorial. 103 pgs. que contienen 31 litografías de Antoni Tàpies. Eg. edición limitada numerada de 140 eg., autografiada por autor y artista en el colofón. Impreso en papel especial Guarro con marca de agua Sala Gaspar. Bibliografía: \ GALFETTI, Mariuccia.: Tapies. La obra gráfica. La obra grabada. 1947-1972. Mariuccia Galfetti, Eker-Verlag. St. Gallen, 1990. Cat. No: 85-121, p. 57-72. Rep B/N.
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Apr. 16, 2026
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem 16", 1989. Lithograph, copy 4/50. Signed and justified in pencil.
Est: €300 - €350
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem 16", 1989. Lithograph, copy 4/50. Signed and justified in pencil. Measurements: 38 x 50 cm. Joan Brossa's visual poems are the maximum expression of his "non-commercial poetry". Brossa breaks with the idea that poetry is only text to turn it into something that can be looked at, touched and experienced. The poet Joan Brossa was co-founder of "Dau al Set", and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa has become a world reference. He has been the subject of anthological exhibitions in galleries and museums in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, among other countries.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 19, 2026
BROSSA, JOAN
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(Barcelona 1919-1998). "Septet Visual". Siete litografias firmadas y numeradas 18/77 ; carpeta editada por Edicions d´obra gràfica Vallirana 1978. Medidas : 49,5 x 37,5 cm.
Bonanova Subastas
Mar. 19, 2026
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem", 1988. Lithograph, copy P.A. IV/V. Signed and justified by hand
Est: €300 - €350
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem", 1988. Lithograph, copy P.A. IV/V. Signed and justified by hand Measurements: 50 x 38 cm. Joan Brossa's visual poems are the maximum expression of his "non-commercial poetry". Brossa breaks with the idea that poetry is only text to turn it into something that can be looked at, touched and experienced. The poet Joan Brossa was co-founder of "Dau al Set", and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa has become a world reference. He has been the subject of anthological exhibitions in galleries and museums in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, among other countries.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 19, 2026
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem", 1975. Silkscreen on paper, copy 18/50. Signed and justified by hand.
Est: €300 - €350
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Visual poem", 1975. Silkscreen on paper, copy 18/50. Signed and justified by hand. Measurements: 39 x 50 cm. Joan Brossa's visual poems are the maximum expression of his "non-commercial poetry". Brossa breaks with the idea that poetry is only text to turn it into something that can be looked at, touched and experienced. The poet Joan Brossa was co-founder of "Dau al Set", and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa has become a world reference. He has been the subject of anthological exhibitions in galleries and museums in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, among other countries.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 12, 2026
JOAN BROSSA. “Ode to Joan Miró”.
Est: €800 - €850
Edition Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1973 With lithographs by Joan Miró. Edition No. 439 of ten copies, signed by Brossa and Miró. Editorial fabric binding. 34x27 cm.
Balclis
Feb. 25, 2026
Dau al Set 1950
Est: -
"DAU AL SET.- Gener-febrer del 1950" 8vo, bifolio. Text by Joan Brossa and drawings by Antoni Tàpies.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Feb. 17, 2026
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Nuptial", 1984. Made in 1988. Poem-object, issue 6/10. Metal with wooden box and methacrylate. Justified.
Est: €4,000 - €4,200
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Nuptial", 1984. Made in 1988. Poem-object, issue 6/10. Metal with wooden box and methacrylate. Justified. This work was part of the Joan Brossa's exhibition at La Máquina Española Gallery, 1988. It appears published in the catalog of the exhibition. Work published in: - "Joan Brossa/Carmen Calvo", Spain at the XLVII Venice Biennale, 1997. - Learning with Joan Brossa", Glòria Bordons (coordinator). Measurements: 9 x 33 x 22 cm. Joan Brossa, the great creator of visual poems, unfolds before the spectator questions or messages whose deciphering requires several keys. For the Barcelona-born artist, the shiny wives symbolize both the slavery of wealth (he suggests that money and opulence can enslave a person, limiting his or her freedom and autonomy) and the loss of freedom in marriage. These two interpretations are intertwined in his work, reflecting his critique of society and his focus on the loss of individual freedom. The readings of his visual poems are open. As Brossa said, "in a visual poem you gamble everything for everything because there is no past. No tradition protects you. If the poet fails, you are sinking miserably" (Gual, Antoni; Ruiz, Carles: "Joan Brossa: l'alternativa poètica"). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award of the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthological exhibition at the Reina Sofía in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which were translated into installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Feb. 10, 2026
JOAN BROSSA + CHEMA MADOZ - Photopoem (special edition) If you bury a word, an image will grow (Madoz)
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JOAN BROSSA + CHEMA MADOZ Barcelona 1919-1998 + Madrid 1958 Photopoem Book (special edition) If you bury a word, an image will grow (Madoz). 2003 Folder + gelatin silver print Copy 22 of a total of 25 + 10 AP Published by La Fábrica, Madrid 2003 Original folder containing twelve poems by Brossa printed on Old Mill paper accompanied by twelve reproductions by Madoz made at Lucam in tritone on Scheufelen Phoenix Imperial Natural paper. It also contains an original gelatin silver print made especially for this folder, printed by Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, signed and dated by the artist in 2003. Numbered 22 of 25 Original folder with black cotton fabric.
Subastas Segre
Jan. 20, 2026
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Antifaz", Visual Poem, 1975. Silkscreen on paper, copy 26/90. Signed and justified in pencil.
Est: €400 - €500
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Antifaz", Visual Poem, 1975. Silkscreen on paper, copy 26/90. Signed and justified in pencil. Measurements: 49,5 x 38 cm. For Joan Brossa the mask is a recurrent and fundamental symbol in his work, loaded with deep meanings that go beyond the simple disguise. It alludes, on many occasions, to transformation and magic. The poet Joan Brossa was co-founder of "Dau al Set", and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa has become a world reference. He has been the subject of anthological exhibitions in galleries and museums in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, among other countries.
Setdart Auction House
Jan. 20, 2026
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1975. Stone cardboard, enamel and metal on wood. Hand signed.
Est: €5,000 - €5,500
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1975. Stone cardboard, enamel and metal on wood. Hand signed. Measurements: 24 x 37 x 31 cm. Joan Brossa's hat with key is an interesting concept within his visual poetry. It is a way of playing with words and reality, where the key, as an element of access, becomes a metaphor for language; the hat, as an object of use, a space for creation and reflection. In Brossa's context, the "key" is not only a physical object, but a symbol of the opening to the imagination and the possibility of exploring different realities through language and visual poetry. Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthology at the Reina Sofia in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which were translated into installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Jan. 12, 2026
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1988. Lithograph, copy 14/25. Signed and justified by hand. Provenance: fund of the disappeared Varron Gallery.
Est: €700 - €750
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1988. Lithograph, copy 14/25. Signed and justified by hand. Provenance: fund of the disappeared Varron Gallery. Measurements: 38 x 50 cm. The poet Joan Brossa was co-founder of "Dau al Set", and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the Picasso Medal of the UNESCO, the National of Plastic Arts, the Gold Medal to the Merit of Fine Arts and the National of Theater of the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa has become a world reference. He has been the subject of anthological exhibitions in galleries and museums in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, among other countries.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 16, 2025
Joan Brossa. Poster Joan Prats Gallery (1983)
Est: -
Poster for the exhibition held at the Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona. Damage to the support.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Dec. 11, 2025
JOAN BROSSA. “The D'ouera”.
Est: €2,300 - €2,500
Wood, vinyl and iron sculpture with methacrylate urn. Signed, dated 1982 and numbered 6/10. On the base, label of the Joan Brossa Foundation. 31x40x37 cm (with urn).
Balclis
Nov. 05, 2025
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona (1919) / (1998) "Senyor", 1975
Est: €4,500 - €6,000
Mixed media sculpture Signed and justified HC on the wooden base, edition of 10 copies. Object poem. On the back of the base, label of the Joan Prats Gallery. A certificate of authenticity from the Joan Prats Gallery, signed by Juan de Muga, is included. Measurements: 24 x 37 x 31 cm
Ansorena
Oct. 15, 2025
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998) "Geni", 1988 Collage with Polaroid photograph, felt-tip pen and blue pencil on the back of white envelope. Signed.
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998) "Geni", 1988 Collage with Polaroid photograph, felt-tip pen and blue pencil on the back of white envelope. Signed. Measurements: 23 x 33,5 cm (envelope); 41 x 51,5 cm (frame). In this piece, Joan Brossa combines different plastic and poetic languages in a collage that brings together a Polaroid photograph dated 1988, marker pen strokes and the use of the everyday support of an envelope as a compositional base. The title, "Geni", written with an energetic gesture, suggests the figure of the genius as a symbol of creativity and the transforming power of art, while the presence of the photographic image introduces a real and temporary anchorage that contrasts with the freedom of the graphic inscription. The work exemplifies Brossa's experimental character, always ready to subvert the codes of language, writing and image. The reuse of simple materials -an envelope, a quick stroke, a snapshot- connects with his interest in the everyday and in the capacity of objects and signs to generate new meanings when they are taken out of their usual context. In this piece, his conception of art as a total poetic act, in which the visual, the written and the objectual coexist in the same dimension, becomes evident. About the artist Joan Brossa was one of the most singular and multifaceted figures of 20th century art and literature in Spain. Poet, playwright and visual creator, his work broke the boundaries between disciplines, encompassing visual poetry, objects, theatrical actions and collaborations with musicians, filmmakers and visual artists. Co-founder in 1948 of the group Dau al Set, together with figures such as Antoni Tàpies, Joan Ponç and Modest Cuixart, his work became an international reference for post-war artistic experimentation. Recognized with awards such as the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas, the Premio Nacional de Teatro de la Generalitat, the UNESCO Picasso Medal or the Medalla de Oro al Mérito de las Bellas Artes, Brossa consolidated his figure as a total creator. His works can be found in public and private collections of great relevance, such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), the MACBA, the MoMA (New York) or the Centre Pompidou (Paris). His relevance in the art market responds both to his pioneering role in the development of visual and object poetry and to the validity of his critical and playful discourse, which connects with contemporary audiences. Brossa is considered a true innovator in the way of understanding poetry and the visual arts, blurring boundaries and proposing a vision in which art permeates everyday life, opening paths that conceptual and multidisciplinary artists continue to explore today.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 30, 2025
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona (1919) / (1922) "The Gift", 1986
Est: €18,000 - €24,000
Sculpture Work inside a methacrylate urn with a wooden base. Object poem, knife, cutlery case covered in satin. Justified HC and signed on the base. Edition of 10 copies, 1989. Bibliography: -Maria de Corral, Victoria Combalia, Joâo Cabral de Melo and Pere Gimferrer, “Brosa 1941-1991”, Ed. 61 Exhibitions: -Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, “Brossa 1941-1991”, Madrid, February 7-April 29, 1991 (another copy) -Museu d'Art Jaume Morera, Sala Leandre Cristòfol, “Joan Brossa. Poetry and Carnival”, Lleida, April 15-May 23, 1999 (another copy) -CCT. Centre Cultural Terrassa, Cartografies 1, Terrassa, September 2018-September 2019. Dimensions: . . Measurements: 36 x 38 x 42 cm
Ansorena
Sep. 25, 2025
JOAN BROSSA (BARCELONA, 1919 - 1998) AND ANTONI TÀPIES (BARCELONA, 1923 - 2012).
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998) and Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona, 1923 - 2012). “Novel·la”. Artist's book. Text by Joan Brossa and 31 original lithographs by Antoni Tàpies. Numbered copy 26 of 140. Signed by both artists in the justification of the print run. The printing of the lithographs are by Damià Caus under the direction of Antoni Tàpies. Edited by Sala Gaspar. Barcelona, 1965. Presented in its original box. 29,5 x 39 cm Both artists collaborated on numerous occasions. The book we present is an example, along with other works such as the book of poems “Nocturn matinal” (1970) or the artist's book “Frègoli” (1969), published, like ours, by Sala Gaspar, which we also present in this auction.
La Suite Subastas
Jul. 22, 2025
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona (1919) / (1922) "Letter O"
Est: €150 - €200
Screen print on paper Signed and justified 24/25 in pencil at the bottom. Measurements: 48 x 34 cm
Ansorena
Jul. 09, 2025
JOAN BROSSA. LE REFUGE, POÈMES VISUELS ET POÈMES OBJETS. CARTEL LITOGRÁFICO.
Est: €350 - €500
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919-1998) Le Refuge, Poèmes visuels et poèmes objets. Cartel litográfico firmado, dedicado y fechado en 1993 a lápiz. Perteneciente a la exposición "Le Refuge, Poèmes visuels et poèmes objets" celebrada en el Centre International de poésie Marseille. 65 x 50 cm. Sin enmarcar.
Aletheia Subastas
Jun. 25, 2025
Brossa. Tàpies. Frégoli
Est: -
BROSSA, Joan.- "FRÈGOLI" B.: Sala Gaspar, 1969. Folio, velvet (scuffs at the corners; hinges damaged at the top). Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies. E.g. numbered from the limited edition of 6 autographed by the authors in the colophon (although the additional graphic that would have been required for numbering is not included).
Duran Arte y Subastas
Jun. 25, 2025
Brossa. Novel·la. Facsimile edition
Est: -
BROSSA, Joan.- "NOVEL·LA" B.: Libres del mall, 1975. Facsimile edition of the 1965 edition with 31 reproductions of lithographs by Antoni Tàpies. Minor 4th, e.g., in branch, covered, cardboard case, ed.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Jun. 19, 2025
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Spain".1971. Collage-lithograph, copy 19/100. Signed and justified in pencil.
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Spain".1971. Collage-lithograph, copy 19/100. Signed and justified in pencil. Size: 38 x 56 cm; 41 x 59 cm (frame). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...), who began writing during the Civil War. He was a co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theatre Award from the Generalitat. In 1943 he began to work with object poems, which began to be exhibited publicly from 1956 onwards, often in collaboration with painters such as Miró, Tàpies and Ponç. It was from 1960 onwards that his plastic work reached its peak, both in number and depth. In that year he produced the visual poem Cerilla and in 1965 the artist's book Novel-la (the latter in collaboration with Antoni Tàpies), both considered masterpieces of universal conceptual art. The Brossian object evolved towards the installation, often large-format and often ephemeral. In this respect, the intervention in all the exhibition spaces of the Palau de la Virreina in Barcelona in 1994 stands out. Over time, Brossa's plastic work reached its civic dimension: his corporeal visual poems were installed in public spaces as passable poems that were integrated into the everyday reality of Barcelona. Later, these corporeal poems would reach many places in Catalonia and also the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Germany and Cuba.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 12, 2025
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Dau Rodó", poem-object, Limited edition of 10. Hand signed.
Est: €2,000 - €2,100
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Dau Rodó", poem-object, Limited edition of 10. Hand signed. Measurements: 11 x 16 x 14 cm. Joan Brossa, the great creator of visual poems, unfolds before the spectator questions or messages whose deciphering requires several keys. Dau Rodó stands like a golf ball with the faces of a dice, like a version of Dau al Set. The readings of his visual poems are open. Brossa said: "in a visual poem you gamble everything for everything because there is no past. No tradition protects you. If the poet fails, you are sinking miserably" (Gual, Antoni; Ruiz, Carles: "Joan Brossa: l'alternativa poètica"). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award of the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthological exhibition at the Reina Sofía in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which resulted in installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 12, 2025
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Nuptial", 1984. Made in 1988. Poem-object, issue 6/10. Metal with wooden box and methacrylate. Justified. This work was part of the Joan Brossa's exhibition at La Máquina Española Gallery
Est: €4,000 - €4,200
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Nuptial", 1984. Made in 1988. Poem-object, issue 6/10. Metal with wooden box and methacrylate. Justified. This work was part of the Joan Brossa's exhibition at La Máquina Española Gallery, 1988. It appears published in the catalog of the exhibition. Work published in: - "Joan Brossa/Carmen Calvo", Spain at the XLVII Venice Biennale, 1997. - Learning with Joan Brossa", Glòria Bordons (coordinator). Measurements: 9 x 33 x 22 cm. Joan Brossa, the great creator of visual poems, unfolds before the spectator questions or messages whose deciphering requires several keys. For the Barcelona-born artist, the shiny wives symbolize both the slavery of wealth (he suggests that money and opulence can enslave a person, limiting his or her freedom and autonomy) and the loss of freedom in marriage. These two interpretations are intertwined in his work, reflecting his critique of society and his focus on the loss of individual freedom. The readings of his visual poems are open. As Brossa said, "in a visual poem you gamble everything for everything because there is no past. No tradition protects you. If the poet fails, you are sinking miserably" (Gual, Antoni; Ruiz, Carles: "Joan Brossa: l'alternativa poètica"). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award of the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthological exhibition at the Reina Sofía in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which were translated into installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 12, 2025
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1993. Ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €1,800 - €2,000
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1993. Ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. In 1993 Brossa continued to explore visual poetry, defining it as experimental poetry par excellence, which is neither drawing nor painting, but a service to communication. For the artist, the pentagram does not have a literal meaning in music, but he uses it as a visual element within his artistic work, representing the structure and organization of visual elements, in the same way that music uses the pentagram to structure sounds. Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthology at the Reina Sofia in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which were translated into installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 12, 2025
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1975. Stone cardboard, enamel and metal on wood. Hand signed.
Est: €5,000 - €5,500
JOAN BROSSA (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Untitled, 1975. Stone cardboard, enamel and metal on wood. Hand signed. Measurements: 24 x 37 x 31 cm. Joan Brossa's hat with key is an interesting concept within his visual poetry. It is a way of playing with words and reality, where the key, as an element of access, becomes a metaphor for language; the hat, as an object of use, a space for creation and reflection. In Brossa's context, the "key" is not only a physical object, but a symbol of the opening to the imagination and the possibility of exploring different realities through language and visual poetry. Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...) He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthology at the Reina Sofia in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and around the world. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which were translated into installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions in urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
May. 28, 2025
Brossa. Nocturnes found
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BROSSA, Joan.- "NOCTURNS ENCONTRES o un milionari es troba arran de la mort. Una neboda..." Dau al Set, gen 1952. 4º, cover. Two photographs of the representation of the work by Nicolás Muller.
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May. 28, 2025
Joan Brossa. Untitled
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Screenprint on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered (HC - Hors Commerce 2/10) in the lower left corner.
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May. 28, 2025
Joan Brossa. Untitled
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Screenprint on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered (7/50) in the lower left corner.
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Apr. 25, 2025
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) et Joan Brossa (1919-1998) Poema, 1973
Est: €300 - €500
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) et Joan Brossa (1919-1998) Poema, 1973 Lithographie sur vélin Signée des deux artistes et justifiée "HC" au crayon Ép. en marge du tirage à 500 ex. Éditeur Galerie Maeght, Paris Imprimeur Arte, Paris 84 x 63,5 cm (feuille)
Millon & Associes
Jan. 29, 2025
Oracle about Antoni Tàpies. Dau al Set
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BROSSA, Joan.- "ORACLE ABOUT ANTONI TÀPIES" Dau al Set, November 1950. 25 x 17.5 cm., cover. Catalogue number dedicated to the Tàpies exhibition at the Galeríes Laietanes, from October 28 to November 10, 1950. Contains a sheet with the works exhibited. The cover is a self-portrait of Tàpies.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Dec. 18, 2024
JOAN BROSSA. "Oda a Joan Miró". (d)
Est: €850 - €950
Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1973 With lithographs by Joan Miró. “Hors Commerce” edition of ten copies, signed by Brossa and Miró. Publishing fabric binding.
Balclis
Dec. 18, 2024
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998) . "Visual poem", 1989. Lithography on paper. Copy 34/50. Signed and justified at the bottom.
Est: €200 - €250
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998) . "Visual poem", 1989. Lithography on paper. Copy 34/50. Signed and justified at the bottom. Measurements: 48,5 x 36,5 cm; 60 x 48 cm (frame). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no genre distinctions (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...), who began writing during the Civil War. He was co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, the UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theater Award from the Generalitat. In all of his work is present the concept of art as visuality, as spectacle. His visual poetry and his posters constitute the best known part of his work, to the point that in this field Brossa became a world reference. From the seventies onwards he manipulated objects to deepen their meaning, or to represent the bare concept, through everyday objects and poems. All of Brossa's poetry is full of references to visuality, and perhaps that is why he also entered the world of plastic art. From his beginnings, in 1941, Brossa created visual poems of a calligrammatic type. His first object, "Escorça", a true "objet trouvé", dates from 1943. And 1951 is the first object made expressly, from the association of two distant realities (in this case a hammer and a letter composed of two others). But it is from 1959 that the poet intensifies his visual research with the "Suites de poésie visuelle" (Suites of visual poetry). In these fragile compositions will already be the germ of many of the future visual poems. During the sixties and, more specifically, during the seventies, the best known Brossian visual poems and objects were conceived and later published. Their subject matter will be the same as that of the poems: socio-political denunciation, reflection on the meaning of words and things, surprising games, etc. But the material will no longer be only words, but letters and other elements loved by Brossa such as Fregoli, carnival, sleight of hand, etc. It will be from the exhibition at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona in 1986, "Joan Brossa o les paraules són les cosas", and the anthology at the MNCA Reina Sofia in 1991, when the poet begins to be recognized in the country and worldwide. This allowed him to carry out a series of more complex projects, which resulted in installations and what he called corporeal poems, or interventions on urban spaces.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 17, 2024
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Palma Dotze. Festa Major'92.
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JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Palma Dotze. Festa Major'92. 1992 Object poem Signed in pencil Unknown edition Measurements 30.5 cm
Subastas Segre
Dec. 11, 2024
Brossa. Novel·la. Lithos by Tapies
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BROSSA, Joan.- "NOVEL·LA" B.: Sala Gaspar, 1965. Folio, ex. in branch contained in editorial folder. 103 pages. containing 31 lithographs by Antoni Tàpies. Numbered copy of a limited edition of 140 copies, autographed by author and artist in the colophon. Printed on special Guarro paper with Sala Gaspar filigree. Bibliography: - GALFETTI, Mariuccia.: Tapies. Das graphische Werk. L'œuvre grave. 1947-1972. Mariuccia Galfetti, Eker-Verlag. St. Gallen, 1990. Cat. No.: 85-121, p. 57-72. Rep B/W.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Nov. 19, 2024
JOAN BROSSA. LITOGRAFÍA.
Est: €500 - €600
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919-1998) Poema visual. Litografía. Firmada. 70 x 50 cm. Sin enmarcar.
Aletheia Subastas
Oct. 30, 2024
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Visual Poem 4. 198...
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JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Visual Poem 4. 1989 Lithograph on paper Signed in pencil Numbered 34/50 Measurements 50 x 38 cm
Subastas Segre
Oct. 30, 2024
JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Neorealisme. 1993 ...
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JOAN BROSSA Barcelona 1919-1998 Neorealisme. 1993 Installation of 18 framed mirrors Signed Variable dimensions PROVENANCE Carles Taché Gallery, Barcelona Private collection EXHIBITIONS 2018 (15 March - 26 May), "Neorealisme. Joan Brossa", Carles Taché Gallery, Barcelona
Subastas Segre
Oct. 23, 2024
Brossa | Tapies. Fregoli
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BROSSA, Joan.- "FRÈGOLI" B.: Sala Gaspar, 1969. Folio, velvet (rubs in the corners). Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies. Numbered copy limited to 100 copies.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Oct. 08, 2024
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Spain".1971. Collage-lithograph, copy 19/100. Signed and justified in pencil.
Est: €1,200 - €1,400
JOAN BROSSA CUERVO (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). "Spain".1971. Collage-lithograph, copy 19/100. Signed and justified in pencil. Size: 38 x 56 cm; 41 x 59 cm (frame). Brossa was a poet for whom there were no distinctions of genre (literary, scenic, visual, objectual...), who began writing during the Civil War. He was a co-founder of "Dau al Set" together with Ponç, Tàpies, Ciuxart and Tharrats, and throughout his career he received the Lletra d'Or, City of Barcelona, UNESCO Picasso Medal, the National Plastic Arts Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the National Theatre Award from the Generalitat. In 1943 he began to work with object poems, which began to be exhibited publicly from 1956 onwards, often in collaboration with painters such as Miró, Tàpies and Ponç. It was from 1960 onwards that his plastic work reached its peak, both in number and depth. In that year he produced the visual poem Cerilla and in 1965 the artist's book Novel-la (the latter in collaboration with Antoni Tàpies), both considered masterpieces of universal conceptual art. The Brossian object evolved towards the installation, often large-format and often ephemeral. In this respect, the intervention in all the exhibition spaces of the Palau de la Virreina in Barcelona in 1994 stands out. Over time, Brossa's plastic work reached its civic dimension: his corporeal visual poems were installed in public spaces as passable poems that were integrated into the everyday reality of Barcelona. Later, these corporeal poems would reach many places in Catalonia and also the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Germany and Cuba.
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