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Nocturne

1935

Joan Miró

(Spanish, 1893–1983)
Culture
Spain (Catalonia), 20th century
Medium
oil on copper
Measurements
Framed: 62.2 x 48.8 x 5.1 cm (24 1/2 x 19 3/16 x 2 in.); Unframed: 42 x 29.2 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1978.61
Copyright
© 2006 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
Print
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Did You Know?

The Spanish artist Miró was part of the Surrealist movement. He created paintings with the ambiguity of dreams whose meaning is just beyond the viewer's grasp.

Description

On the eve of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) Miró painted a series of images showing monstrous figures screaming or running through bizarre landscapes. This painting, an early work in the series, depicts a woman with raised arms fleeing toward the man at the far right. The cylindrical shape looming on the horizon suggests the barrel of a cannon; the sinuous, curving form may represent rising smoke. Miró heightened the intensity of the stark, garish colors through the unusual technique of applying oil over copper, rather than canvas.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts two, abstract sinuous figures standing on yellow ground against a dark green background. On the horizon line in the upper third, a wavy line and cylinder below a crescent shape extend between the figures. One figure extends across most of the painting's right side and the other stands center left, both made of multi-color blobs. A blue sphere and oblong, shadow-like shape sit in the center.

Nocturne

1935

Joan Miró

(Spanish, 1893–1983)
Spain (Catalonia), 20th century

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