Female Nude
Joan Miró, Spanish, 1893 - 1983
Geography:
Made in Montroig, Tarragona, Spain, Europe
Date:
1926Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
36 3/8 x 29 inches (92.4 x 73.7 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1950-134-143Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in Montroig, Tarragona, Spain, Europe
Date:
1926Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
36 3/8 x 29 inches (92.4 x 73.7 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1950-134-143Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Label:
In this painting Joan Miró translates the human body into a collection of disparate objects connected by nothing but a cross axis of dashed lines. The head is an egg. An apple and turnip (or perhaps a radish) stand in for breasts. The torso takes the form of a fish, and a leaf serves as a displaced symbol of genitals. To Miró these open-ended and often arbitrary analogies created a type of visual poetry.
In this painting Joan Miró translates the human body into a collection of disparate objects connected by nothing but a cross axis of dashed lines. The head is an egg. An apple and turnip (or perhaps a radish) stand in for breasts. The torso takes the form of a fish, and a leaf serves as a displaced symbol of genitals. To Miró these open-ended and often arbitrary analogies created a type of visual poetry.
