A painting of black, red, and yellow forms on an irregularly shaped gray panel.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The painting shows a central figure with a triangular head in which is centered a circle with a black center disc resting on a red u-shape. The elongated body ends in two extensions of uneven length. The figure is highlighted with black and yellow applied in rough, uneven strokes. A small bulb-shaped figure with a black beak-like projection at the top is placed on a black shape at the bottom right. On the left a red and black disc is on a black square. Roughly painted white stripes accented with blue are painted around the edges.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.55
People
Joan Miró, Spanish (Barcelona, Spain 1893 - 1983 Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Title
Mural
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1935
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227646

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1310, Modern and Contemporary Art, Surrealism
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on asbestos panel
Dimensions
111.8 x 78.7 cm (44 x 31 in.)
framed: 126.4 x 95.5 x 9 cm (49 3/4 x 37 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: c. r.: Miro

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joan Miró; to Mr. and Mrs. Josep Lluis Sert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Josep Lluís Sert
Copyright
© Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.55
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catherine Lampert, Rosa Maria Malet, and William Jeffett, Joan Miro: Paintings and Drawings 1929-41, exh. cat., Whitechapel Art Gallery (London, 1989), p. 73, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Josep Lluís Sert: Architect to the Arts II, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 09/13/2003 - 12/14/2003
  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/09/2016 - 01/01/2050

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