The warrior king

Author

Joan Miró

Title

The warrior king

Date

1981

Medium

Bronze

Sizes

120 x 57,5 x 57,5 cm

Signature

Miró

Credit line

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. Purchase

Provenance

Purchase

Register Number

FJM 12904

Edition

Edition:
9 casts signed and justified: 6 numbered from 1 to 6, and 2 nominative cast funded in 1987 and 1989 and 1 cast numbered 0 funded in 1995

Foundry:
Fundició Parellada, Barcelona

Bibliography

• Miró en las colecciones del Estado. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October-December 1987; p. 12
• Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten. Ludwigshafen: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, October 2000-January 2001
  • Gassner, Hubertus . "Grenzgänge im Garten der Lüste"; p. 28, ill. n. 71, p. 119
• Joan Miró: L'armonia del fantastico. Genoa: Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, 7 July-15 September 2001; ill. n. 50, p. 120 (col.); cat. n. 50, p. 169
• De la figuration au geste: Miró à Tours. Tours: Château de Tours, 27 October 2001-27 February 2002; ill. p. 198 (col.); cat. p. 215
• Mediterraneo Miró. Luigi Fiorletta ; Massimo Bignardi. Salerno: Complesso di Santa Sofia, 16 November 2002-16 January 2003; p. 24, 32; ill. p. 135 (col.); cat. p. 182
• Joan Miró: Alchimista del segno. Como: Villa Olmo, 13 March-6 June 2004
  • Bignardi, Massimo. "Il sogno dell'alchimista Miró"; p. 40
• Fernández Miró, Emilio ; Ortega Chapel, Pilar. Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné: Sculptures. 1928-1982. Paris: Daniel Lelong; Palma de Mallorca: Successió Miró, 2006; ill. n. 368, p. 343 (col.)
• Joan Miró: La metàfora de l'objecte. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, February 2007-March 2008
  • Jeffett, William. "Joan Miró: La transformació d'objectes en éssers vius"; p. 18
• Miró: La métaphore de l'objet. Carcassone: Musée des beaux-arts, 20 June-21 September 2008 ; Douai: Musée de la Chartreuse, 18 October 2008-18 January 2009 ; Martigues: Musée Ziem, 4 February-3 May 2009; p. 13; ill. p. 65 (col.)

Exhibitions

• Miró en las colecciones del Estado. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October-December 1987
• Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten. Ludwigshafen: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, October 2000-January 2001
• Joan Miró: L'armonia del fantastico. Genoa: Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, 7 July-15 September 2001
• De la figuration au geste: Miró à Tours. Tours: Château de Tours, 27 October 2001-27 February 2002
• Mediterraneo Miró. Luigi Fiorletta ; Massimo Bignardi. Salerno: Complesso di Santa Sofia, 16 November 2002-16 January 2003
• Joan Miró: Alchimista del segno. Como: Villa Olmo, 13 March-6 June 2004
• Joan Miró: La metàfora de l'objecte. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, February 2007-March 2008
• Miró: La métaphore de l'objet. Carcassone: Musée des beaux-arts, 20 June-21 September 2008 ; Douai: Musée de la Chartreuse, 18 October 2008-18 January 2009 ; Martigues: Musée Ziem, 4 February-3 May 2009