La Bague d'Aurore (Jewel of the Dawn), No. 6
1957
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching and aquatint on wove paper mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
plate: 13.9 x 11.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 39.1 x 30.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Cooper Phillips Speaks
Accession Number
2010.73.1
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...