Figure and Birds
Joan Miró
1948
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View on museum website →Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 65 x 50.4 cm (25 9/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine
Accession Number
1971.86.25
About the Artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà, a pioneering Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Barcelona, Spain, on April 20, 1893, initially balanced familial expectations with his artistic calling. The son of goldsmith Miquel Miró Adzerias and Dolores Ferrà, he began drawing lessons at age seven in a private Barcelona school before enrolling in business college and working as a clerk. A nervous breakdown promp...