Head and bird

Author

Joan Miró

Title

Tête et oiseau

Head and bird

Date

1971

Medium

Bronze

Sizes

51 x 37,7 x 31,8 cm

Signature

Miró

Credit line

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

Provenance

Gift of Joan Miró

Register Number

FJM 7361

Edition

Copy number:
0/2

Edition:
4 casts signed and justified: 3 numbered from 0 to 2 and 1 nominative cast funded in 1973

Foundry:
Fonderie R. Scuderi, Clamart, France

Bibliography

• Fundació Joan Miró. Obra de Joan Miró: Pintura, escultura i sobreteixims a la col·lecció de la Fundació. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró; Polígrafa, 1979; ill. n. 320, p. 173; cat. n. 320, p. 173
• Jouffroy, Alain ; Teixidor, Joan. Miró sculptures. Paris: Maeght, 1980 (Revised and enlarged edition); ill. n. 187, p. 131; p. 238
• Fundació Joan Miró. Obra de Joan Miró: Dibuixos, pintura, escultura, ceràmica, tèxtils. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 1988; ill. n. 1631, p. 444
• Joan Miró Skulpturer. Malmö: Malmö Konsthall, 13 November 1993-6 February 1994; ill. p. 183 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen 1945-1983. Hamburg: Deichtorhallen, 27 September 1996-5 January 1997; ill. p. 107 (col.)
• Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten. Ludwigshafen: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, October 2000-January 2001; ill. n. 64, p. 110 (col.); cat. n. 64, p. 218
• Joan Miró: L'armonia del fantastico. Genoa: Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, 7 July-15 September 2001; ill. n. 39, p. 109 (col.); cat. n. 39, p. 169
• Joan Miró. Seville: Sala San Hermenegildo, 3-29 May 2005 ; Córdoba: Caja Sur. Sala de Exposiciones, 7 June-10 July 2005; ill. n. 41, p. 118 (col.); cat. n. 41, p. 167
• Fernández Miró, Emilio ; Ortega Chapel, Pilar. Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné: Sculptures. 1928-1982. Paris: Daniel Lelong; Palma de Mallorca: Successió Miró, 2006; ill. n. 223, p. 220 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions. Ansan: Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, 25 October 2006-25 January 2007; ill. n. 76, p. 145, 191 (col.); cat. n. 76, p. 191
• Parade of Obsessions: The Exhibition of Joan Miró's Artworks. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Art Museum, 5 August-25 September 2009; ill. p. 121 (col.)
• Joan Miró: La forza della materia. Milan: MUDEC-Museo delle culture, 25 March-11 September 2016; ill. n. 81, p. 160 (col.)

Exhibitions

• Joan Miró Skulpturer. Malmö: Malmö Konsthall, 13 November 1993-6 February 1994
• Joan Miró: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen 1945-1983. Hamburg: Deichtorhallen, 27 September 1996-5 January 1997
• 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
• Joan Miró. Seville: Sala San Hermenegildo, 3-29 May 2005 ; Córdoba: Caja Sur. Sala de Exposiciones, 7 June-10 July 2005
• Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions. Ansan: Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, 25 October 2006-25 January 2007
• Parade of Obsessions: The Exhibition of Joan Miró's Artworks. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Art Museum, 5 August-25 September 2009
• Joan Miró: La forza della materia. Milan: MUDEC-Museo delle culture, 25 March-11 September 2016