Femme Oiseau Drawing 1977 8x12 HS - Double Sided

Year1977

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassGold Frame w/ White Mat 

Purchased fromDealer 2018 

Story / Additional InfoTitle: Femme Oiseau (s.8773) Woman and Bird, Medium: Original drawing in pencil with green coloured crayon, on light brown coloured centrally indentured paper signed recto. (The indenture measures 160 x 180 mms) Dated and titled verso: “14/IV/77 Femme”. The verso of the piece shows that it was made on the frontispiece of a book and illustrates the Coat of Arms of the City of Segovia. Size: Paper size: 220 x 310 mms (8 ⅝” x 12 ¼” inches) . References: Jacques Dupin: “Joan Miro: Catalogue Raisonne . Drawings” Volume V, Number 3387 (Published in Paris: by Daniel Lelong in 2015). Note: This is a typical surrealistic piece by this artist showing the recognisable forms of the titled woman and bird. It is quite usual for Miro to use paper which is not fresh. We have seen drawings on letters and all manner of other pieces of paper and objects. The indenture of this work obviously appealed to him and is an interesting addition to the work. 

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Joan Miro - Spain

Park West Artist: Blue Chip Spanish artist Joan Miró was a seminal figure in 20th-century avant-garde painting. The Spanish artist’s innovative use of line, organic shapes, and color represents a major contribution to Surrealism. Representative of his ability to conjure evocative space—Miró’s famed triptych Blue I,II,II (1961), portrays a floating world using only blue, orange, and black. “Little by little, I've reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors,” the artist reflected. “It's not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this.” Born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain, the artist first studied commerce before defying his parents and enrolling at the art academy in his hometown. In 1919, Miró moved to Paris where he fell into the Surrealist milieu, befriending André Breton, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, and André Masson. Miró’s work profoundly influenced several American painters, including Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko. The artist died at age 90 on December 25, 1983 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, a museum dedicated to the artist and his legacy. Listings wanted