Joan Miró (1893 Barcelona, Spain – 1983 Palma de Mallorca, Spain).
Early in his career, Miró primarily painted still-lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes. Influences ranging from the folk art and Romanesque church frescoes of his native Catalan region in Spain to 17th-century Dutch realism were eventually superseded by more contemporary ones: Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism captivated the young artist, who had relocated to Paris in 1921. His exposure to the ideas of André Breton and Breton's Surrealist circle prompted Miró to make radical changes to his style, although the artist cannot be said to have identified consistently with a single school. Rather, his artistic career may be characterised as one of persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with non-objectivity. Miró's signature biomorphic forms, geometric shapes, and semi-abstracted objects are expressed in multiple media, from ceramics and engravings to large bronze installations.
Note: All Miro works © 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
1973 Magnetic Flux:
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1973 Série Mallorca Cover colour drypoint on parchment over paperboard 50.8 x 61.6 x 5.1 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 3 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 7 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 8 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 9 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 10 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 11 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 12 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 13 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 14 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 15 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
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1973 Magnetic Flux 16 drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper 48.3 x 57.9 cm |
1973 Série Mallorca:
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1973 Série Mallorca colour etching 55 x 70 cm |
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1973 Série Mallorca colour etching and aquatint 70 x 87.6 cm |
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1973 Série Mallorca colour etching and aquatint 70.5 x 86.5 cm |
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1973 Série Mallorca etching on Guarro paper 54.6 x 69.2 cm |
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1973 Série Mallorca Plate V colour etching and aquatint on Guarro paper 54.6 x 69.2 cm |
1972-73 Sobreteixim:
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1972 Sobreteixim textiles, rope, twine, fishing net on woven cloth |
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1973 Sobreteixim 12 acrylic and wool on sackcloth 175 x 73 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Sobreteixim (12) acrylic and wool on sackcloth 175 x 73 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Sobreteixim 13 acrylic and felt stitched to wall-hanging woven by Josep Royo 256 x 173 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Sobreteixim 17 acrylic, felt and piece of plastic bucket on wall-hanging woven by Josep Royo 143 x 230 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Sobreteixim with Eight Umbrellas acrylic and objects stitched to wall-hanging woven by Josep Royo 312 x 593 x 40 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Sobreteixim-Sack 3 acrylic and wool on sackcloth 160 x 73 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 The Great Maneuvers colour etching and aquatint with carborundum on Arches paper 138 x 60 cm |
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1973 The Head of the Crews colour etching and aquatint with carborundum 130.2 x 60 cm |
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1973 The Navigator's Hope IV oil on canvas 24 x 41 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 The Navigator's Hope VI oil on canvas 24 x 41 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 The Riddled Angel colour aquatint on Arches paper 104.5 x 72.7 cm |
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1973 The Smile of a Tear acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Untitled I India ink, watercolour and acrylic on paper Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Untitled II India ink, watercolour, acrylic and coloured crayon on paper 44.7 x 57.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Untitled III India ink, watercolour and acrylic on paper 44.7 x 57.6 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman bronze 296 x 282 x 93 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman in the Night acrylic on canvas 195 x 130 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman with 3 Hairs, Birds and Constellations acrylic on canvas 194 x 372.7 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman, Bird I acrylic on canvas 376 x 95 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman, Bird II acrylic and oil on canvas 261 x 65 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman, Bird (III) acrylic on canvas 261 x 65 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Woman, Birds oil on cardboard 80 x 65 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973 Women, Birds acrylic on canvas 162 x 130 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1973-77 Figure, Birds India ink, watercolour, wax crayon and pastel on paper 66.3 x 50.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 1941 and 1974 crayon and oil on masonite 13.5 x 54 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 1941 and 1974 Painting 2 oil on masonite 13.8 x 54 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 1941 and 1974 Painting 9 oil on masonite 14 x 78 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 1941 and 1974 Painting 14 oil on masonite 14 x 78.7 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 1969 and 1974 Woman and Birds in the Night acrylic on canvas 243.5 x 173.8 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Bird acrylic on sackcloth 8.5 x 23.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Classical Ballet oil on "pompier"-style canvas 50 x 100 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Door I bronze 252 x 118 x 105.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Figure acrylic and oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Figure in the Night acrylic and oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Figure oil on cardboard 32 x 33 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Figure, Birds acrylic on canvas 130 x 97 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Fireworks I acrylic on canvas 292 x 195 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Fireworks II acrylic on canvas 292 x 195 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Fireworks III acrylic on canvas 292 x 195 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Hands flying off towards the Constellations acrylic on canvas 260 x 681 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Head acrylic and oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Head, Bird oil and acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 39.5 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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1974 Her Majesty the Queen acrylic on wood and nails 210 x 12 x 13.3 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |