The Shooting Star
1938
Artist, Spanish, 1893 - 1983

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 65.2 x 54.4 cm (25 11/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
framed: 87 x 77.4 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1970.36.1
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Copyright
Copyright © 1998 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie Pierre, Paris). (Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York). (Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York).[1] Joseph H. Hazen [1898-1994], New York, by 1966; gift 1970 to NGA.
[1] Provenance prior to donor per deed of gift.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Paintings and Sculpture from the Hazen Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1966, brochure no. 81.
1994
Les Tentations de Bosch ou l'Éternel Retour, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994, no. 48, repro.
2004
Extended loan for use by Secretary Alphonso Jackson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2004-2008.
2008
Extended loan for use by Secretary Steve Preston, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2008.
2009
Dada e Surrealismo riscoperti, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2009-2010, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2011
The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2011, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, Tate, London; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington).
2012
Encounters with the 1930's, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2012-2013, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 234, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 270, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: miro
Wikidata ID
Q20193172