Birds encircling the star of hope

Author

Joan Miró

Title

Oiseaux entourant l'étoile de l'espoir

Birds encircling the star of hope

Date

6 April 1978

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Sizes

73 x 60 cm

Signature

[l.r.] Miró

Credit line

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

Provenance

Gift of Joan Miró

Register Number

FJM 9589

Inscriptions

Back:

5/IV/78 / MIRÓ. / 6/IV.78 oiseaux / entourant / l'étoile de / l'espoir

Bibliography

• Miró. Ferrara: Gallerie Civiche d'Arte Moderna. Palazzo dei Diamanti, 16 March-15 June 1985; ill. n. 26, p. 149 (col.); cat. n. 26, p. 88
• Miró. Venice: Circolo Artistico Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie, 6 July-15 September 1985; cat. n. 20, p. 88; ill. n. 20, p. 135 (col.)
• Fundació Joan Miró. Obra de Joan Miró: Dibuixos, pintura, escultura, ceràmica, tèxtils. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 1988; ill. n. 1304, p. 356
• Miró Universe: Werke aus der Fundació Joan Miró. Augsburg: Kunsthalle Augsburg, 9 September-21 November 1999; ill. p. 50 (col.)
• L'univers de Joan Miró. Aosta: Musée Archéologique Régional d'Aosta, 4 December 1999-25 September 2000; ill. p. 75 (col.); cat. p. 141
• Universo Miró. Catanzaro: Complesso Monumentale del San Giovanni, 2 December 2000-25 February 2001; ill. p. 74 (col.)
• Universo Miró. Zaragoza: Museo Pablo Serrano, 23 March-13 May 2001; ill. p. 85 (col.); cat. p. 155
• Joan Miró: Desfilada d'obsessions. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 14 June-2 September 2001; ill. n. 18, p. 51 (col.); n. 18, p. 131
• Càntic del sol: Universo Miró. Osaka: Daimaru Museum Umeda, 5-21 April 2002 ; Tokyo: Daimaru Museum, 2-21 May 2002 ; Kobe: Daimaru Museum, 30 May-11 June 2002 ; Okazaki: Okazaki City Museum, 6 July-1 September 2002; ill. n. 23, p. 88 (col.)
• Càntic del sol: Joan Miró. Valladolid: Museo Patio Herreriano, 29 May-14 September 2003; ill. n. 27, p. 135 (col.)
• Dupin, Jacques ; Lelong-Mainaud, Ariane. Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné. Paintings: Vol. VI 1976-1981. Paris: Daniel Lelong; Palma de Mallorca: Successió Miró, 2004; ill. n. 1889, p. 129 (col.); p. 267
• Joan Miró: Alchimista del segno. Como: Villa Olmo, 13 March-6 June 2004; ill. p. 165 (col.); cat. p. 195
• Joan Miró. Seville: Sala San Hermenegildo, 3-29 May 2005 ; Córdoba: Caja Sur. Sala de Exposiciones, 7 June-10 July 2005; ill. n. 16, p. 67 (col.); cat. n. 16, p. 160
• Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions. Ansan: Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, 25 October 2006-25 January 2007; ill. n. 71, p. 138, 191 (col.); cat. n. 71, p. 191
• Parade of Obsessions: The Exhibition of Joan Miró's Artworks. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Art Museum, 5 August-25 September 2009; ill. p. 31 (col.)
• Joan Miró: I miti del Mediterraneo. Pisa: Palazzo Blu, 9 October 2010-23 January 2011; ill. p. 246 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Peintre-poète. Brussels: Espace Culturel ING, 24 March-19 June 2011; ill. p. 112 (col.); p. 113
• Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars. Taipei: National Museum of History, 8 June-25 September 2013 ; Kaohsiung: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 5 October 2013-8 January 2014 ; Taipei: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 17 January-27 April 2014; p. 66; ill. p. 128 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars. Istanbul: Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, 23 September 2014-1 February 2015; p. 44; fig. n. 35, p. 44 (col.); ill. n. 22, p. 79 (col.)

Exhibitions

• Miró. Ferrara: Gallerie Civiche d'Arte Moderna. Palazzo dei Diamanti, 16 March-15 June 1985
• Miró. Venice: Circolo Artistico Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie, 6 July-15 September 1985
• Miró Universe: Werke aus der Fundació Joan Miró. Augsburg: Kunsthalle Augsburg, 9 September-21 November 1999
• L'univers de Joan Miró. Aosta: Musée Archéologique Régional d'Aosta, 4 December 1999-25 September 2000
• Universo Miró. Catanzaro: Complesso Monumentale del San Giovanni, 2 December 2000-25 February 2001
• Universo Miró. Zaragoza: Museo Pablo Serrano, 23 March-13 May 2001
• Joan Miró: Desfilada d'obsessions. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 14 June-2 September 2001
• Càntic del sol: Universo Miró. Osaka: Daimaru Museum Umeda, 5-21 April 2002 ; Tokyo: Daimaru Museum, 2-21 May 2002 ; Kobe: Daimaru Museum, 30 May-11 June 2002 ; Okazaki: Okazaki City Museum, 6 July-1 September 2002
• Càntic del sol: Joan Miró. Valladolid: Museo Patio Herreriano, 29 May-14 September 2003
• Joan Miró: Alchimista del segno. Como: Villa Olmo, 13 March-6 June 2004
• 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: I miti del Mediterraneo. Pisa: Palazzo Blu, 9 October 2010-23 January 2011
• Joan Miró: Peintre-poète. Brussels: Espace Culturel ING, 24 March-19 June 2011
• Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars. Taipei: National Museum of History, 8 June-25 September 2013 ; Kaohsiung: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 5 October 2013-8 January 2014 ; Taipei: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 17 January-27 April 2014
• Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars. Istanbul: Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, 23 September 2014-1 February 2015