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Woman and Birds in Front of the Sun

A work made of pen and brush and black ink, watercolor and gouache, with wiping and scraping, and touches of pastel, on cream wove paper, laid down.
© 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of pen and brush and black ink, watercolor and gouache, with wiping and scraping, and touches of pastel, on cream wove paper, laid down.

Date:

1942

Artist:

Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893-1983

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Joan Miró

Title

Woman and Birds in Front of the Sun

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1942

Medium

Pen and brush and black ink, watercolor and gouache, with wiping and scraping, and touches of pastel, on cream wove paper, laid down

Inscriptions

Signed right center, in black ink: “Miró”

Dimensions

110.3 × 79.3 cm (43 7/16 × 31 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Wirt D. Walker Fund

Reference Number

1948.453

Copyright

© 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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