Head and bird

Author

Joan Miró

Title

Head and bird

Date

1981

Medium

Bronze

Sizes

126 x 27 x 50,5 cm

Signature

Miró

Credit line

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. Purchase

Provenance

Purchase

Register Number

FJM 12908

Edition

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

Foundry:
Fundició Parellada, Barcelona

Bibliography

• Miró: Mein Atelier ist mein Garten. Ludwigshafen: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, October 2000-January 2001; ill. 70, p. 116 (col.); cat. n. 70, p. 219
• Joan Miró: L'armonia del fantastico. Genoa: Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, 7 July-15 September 2001; ill. n. 51, p. 121 (col.); cat. n. 51, p. 169
• De la figuration au geste: Miró à Tours. Tours: Château de Tours, 27 October 2001-27 February 2002; ill. p. 196 (col.); cat. p. 215
• Mediterraneo Miró. Luigi Fiorletta ; Massimo Bignardi. Salerno: Complesso di Santa Sofia, 16 November 2002-16 January 2003; p. 111; ill. p. 134 (col.); cat. p. 182
• Joan Miró: Alchimista del segno. Como: Villa Olmo, 13 March-6 June 2004; ill. p. 143 (col.); cat. p. 194
• Fernández Miró, Emilio ; Ortega Chapel, Pilar. Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné: Sculptures. 1928-1982. Paris: Daniel Lelong; Palma de Mallorca: Successió Miró, 2006; ill. n. 376, p. 349 (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. 17
• 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; ill. p. 67 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Esculturas 1928-1982 = Sculptures 1928-1982. Santander: Fundación Marcelino Botín, 19 March-2 September 2018; p. 35

Exhibitions

• 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
• Joan Miró: Esculturas 1928-1982 = Sculptures 1928-1982. Santander: Fundación Marcelino Botín, 19 March-2 September 2018