The Eagle and the Woman at Night

1938

Joan Miró

Associated Names
Joan Miró

Artist, Spanish, 1893 - 1983

The image displays swirling and curved lines forming an abstract composition with organic shapes scattered throughout. Some sections resemble eyes or faces, and the background texture adds depth, appearing like a textured surface or a sandy terrain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.7 x 29.3 cm (8 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 x 44.5 cm (12 15/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.157

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dupin 1984-1992, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Bibliography

1984

  • Dupin, Jacques. Miró Graveur 1. Paris: Daniel Lelong, 1984, no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite; 24/30; lower right in graphite: Miró

Wikidata ID

Q76345961

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