Japanese Woman
Artist
Joan Miró
(Spanish, 1893 - 1983)
Date1971
MediumLithograph
DimensionsUnframed: 14 x 19 1/2 inches (35.56 x 49.53 cm)
Framed: 26 x 31 1/2 x 1 inches (66.04 x 80.01 x 2.54 cm)
Framed: 26 x 31 1/2 x 1 inches (66.04 x 80.01 x 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rilye (Toi) and George Ashby in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2009.16.2
SignedJ Miró (written in cursive and in pencil in the lower right corner)
Inscribedl.a. (written in pencil in the lower left corner)
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DescriptionThis work is made up of a variety of abstract forms. On the right is a large, red orb. Above it is a light green arching form. Running along the lower edge is a horizontal black mark. At left center, is a green orb. Three linear, star-like shapes rendered in black, punctuate the composition.Exhibition HistoryMagnificent Gifts for the 75th, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 11-April 4, 2010.
Miró: Shape and Color, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, September 9-December 11, 2016.
Joan Miró was born in Barcelona but lived and worked primarily in Paris. His natural inclination was toward fantasy, and his mature work is characterized by richly imaginative, playful and unique imagery that he said was “always born in a state of hallucination.” In 1924, Miró joined Max Ernst, André Masson and Jean Arp to initiate the first phase of Surrealism, an art movement based on dreams, myth and the irrational.
Japanese Woman is comprised of playful abstract forms. Star-like shapes and floating orbs suggest planetary bodies in a gravity-free world of the imagination. Associated with Biomorphic Surrealism, Miró’s work is usually composed of undulating abstract elements with oblique references to things in the real world.
Japanese Woman is comprised of playful abstract forms. Star-like shapes and floating orbs suggest planetary bodies in a gravity-free world of the imagination. Associated with Biomorphic Surrealism, Miró’s work is usually composed of undulating abstract elements with oblique references to things in the real world.
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