Untitled
1938
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View on museum website →Medium
engraving and etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10 × 7.94 cm (3 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.) sheet: 22.86 × 16.51 cm (9 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.713.1
About the Artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà, a pioneering Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Barcelona, Spain, on April 20, 1893, initially balanced familial expectations with his artistic calling. The son of goldsmith Miquel Miró Adzerias and Dolores Ferrà, he began drawing lessons at age seven in a private Barcelona school before enrolling in business college and working as a clerk. A nervous breakdown promp...