Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)
model 1974, cast 1977
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View on museum website →Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 450.22 x 200.03 x 160.02 cm (177 1/4 x 78 3/4 x 63 in.) gross weight: 7535.000 lb bottom section: 262.9 x 200.7 x 137.2 cm (103 1/2 x 79 x 54 in.) center section: 160 x 124.5 x 62.2 cm (63 x 49 x 24 1/2 in.) top section: 48.9 x 55.9 x 15.9 cm (19 1/4 x 22 x 6 1/4 in.) gross weight (bottom section): 4300.000 lb gross weight (center section): 2400.000 lb gross weight (top section): 35 lb. (15.876 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Accession Number
1992.53.1
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...