Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Barcelona

French, est. 1947

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As tall as the spindly trees behind it, a bronze, abstract, free-standing sculpture is made up of a circle set within a shallow box, which is balanced on the tip of an upside-down, thick-legged, V shape. The textured, lumpy legs taper as they move up. A sinewy rope-like texture runs, like a hem, along the outside of the pointed arch. Another form, like a lip, lines the inner edge where the legs pinch together at the top of the arch. The box balanced on the apex is nearly as wide as the legs. The box has a projecting rim, and is corrugated along the outer surfaces and the front edge, as if it had been cut down from a cardboard box. The circle centered in the box also has a projecting rim, like a tall cake pan. Within the circle, a shape like the wing of a bird appears to have been incised. A curving, bowtie-like shape protruding on a rod from the top of the box is incised with a dot at the center of another circle.
Joan Miró, Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash), model 1974, cast 1977, bronze, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1992.53.1

Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)

Joan Miró · model 1974, cast 1977 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1992.53.1

Josep Royo, Woman, 1977, wool and cotton tapestry, Gift of the Collectors Committee and George L. Erion, 1978.23.1

Woman

Josep Royo · 1977 · wool and cotton tapestry ·  Accession ID  1978.23.1