Woman in the night

Author

Joan Miró

Title

Femme dans la nuit

Woman in the night

Date

1967

Medium

Bronze

Sizes

63,2 x 27,6 x 14,5 cm

Signature

Miró

Credit line

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

Provenance

Gift of Joan Miró

Register Number

FJM 7262

Edition

Copy number:
5/5

Edition:
8 casts signed and numbered: 5 numbered from 1 to 5, 1 artist proof marked P.A. and numbered 1/1, 1 cast numbered 0 funded in 1973, and 1 nominative cast funded in 1987

Foundry:
Fundició Parellada, Barcelona

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. 216, p. 155; cat. n. 216, p. 155
• Joan Miró: Scultura 1931-1972. Prato: Palazzo Pretorio, 27 May-30 September 1979; ill. n. 9, p. 41
• Joan Miró: Grafica 1930-1978: Scultura 1931-1972. Aosta: Tour Fromage, 6 October-24 November 1979 ; Saint-Pierre: Château Sarriod de la Tour, 13 October-24 November 1979; cat. n. 9, p. 98
• Jouffroy, Alain ; Teixidor, Joan. Miró sculptures. Paris: Maeght, 1980 (Revised and enlarged edition); ill. n. 79, p. 231
• Miró: Una realidad, un arte. Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, 7 September-9 November 1980; cat. n. 64, p. [41]
• Miró. Ferrara: Gallerie Civiche d'Arte Moderna. Palazzo dei Diamanti, 16 March-15 June 1985; ill. n. 45, p. 171; cat. n. 45, p. 88
• Miró. Venice: Circolo Artistico Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie, 6 July-15 September 1985; cat. n. 38, p. 88; ill. n. 38, p. 166
• Fundació Joan Miró. Obra de Joan Miró: Dibuixos, pintura, escultura, ceràmica, tèxtils. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 1988; ill. n. 1451, p. 392
• Joan Miró: Sculpture. Southampton: Southampton City Art Gallery, 8 December 1989-14 January 1990 ; Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 20 January-24 February 1990 ; Aberdeen: Aberdeen Art Gallery, 10 March-8 April 1990; ill. n. 8, p. 39; cat. n. 8, p. 54
• Gimferrer, Pere. Les arrels de Miró. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1993; ill. n. 1161, p. 399; cat. n. 1161, p. 399
• Joan Miró Skulpturer. Malmö: Malmö Konsthall, 13 November 1993-6 February 1994; ill. p. 67 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Desfilada d'obsessions. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 14 June-2 September 2001; p. 92, ill. n. 39, p. 93 (col.); n. 39, p. 132
• Joan Miró. Seville: Sala San Hermenegildo, 3-29 May 2005 ; Córdoba: Caja Sur. Sala de Exposiciones, 7 June-10 July 2005; ill. n. 20, p. 103 (col.); cat. n. 20, p. 161
• Fernández Miró, Emilio ; Ortega Chapel, Pilar. Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné: Sculptures. 1928-1982. Paris: Daniel Lelong; Palma de Mallorca: Successió Miró, 2006; ill. n. 94, p. 105 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions. Ansan: Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, 25 October 2006-25 January 2007; ill. n. 9, p. 39, 188 (col.); cat. n. 9, p. 188
• Parade of Obsessions: The Exhibition of Joan Miró's Artworks. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Art Museum, 5 August-25 September 2009; ill. p. 81 (col.)
• Miró sculpteur. Paris: Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, 16 March-31 July 2011
  • Olivier, Kaeppelin. "Existences et abstractions"; p. 18
• 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; ill. p. 84 (col.)
• Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars. Istanbul: Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, 23 September 2014-1 February 2015; ill. n. 25, p. 82 (col.)

Exhibitions

• Joan Miró: Scultura 1931-1972. Prato: Palazzo Pretorio, 27 May-30 September 1979
• Joan Miró: Grafica 1930-1978: Scultura 1931-1972. Aosta: Tour Fromage, 6 October-24 November 1979 ; Saint-Pierre: Château Sarriod de la Tour, 13 October-24 November 1979
• Miró: Una realidad, un arte. Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, 7 September-9 November 1980
• 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
• Joan Miró: Sculpture. Southampton: Southampton City Art Gallery, 8 December 1989-14 January 1990 ; Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 20 January-24 February 1990 ; Aberdeen: Aberdeen Art Gallery, 10 March-8 April 1990
• Joan Miró Skulpturer. Malmö: Malmö Konsthall, 13 November 1993-6 February 1994
• Joan Miró: Desfilada d'obsessions. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 14 June-2 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: 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