Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
Spanish
Artist Dates
1893-1983
Title of Work
Femme pour XXe Siècle
Preview
Date of Work
1938
Medium
Linocut
Edition #
Created for XXe Siecle (no. 4) in 1938.
Signature
Signed in stone
Height
12 3/8"
Width
9 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: R28
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Joan Miro was a Spanish artist born in 1893 in Barcelona, Spain. Miro originally studied at business school as well as art school but after overcoming an extreme typhoid illness he decided to devote the rest of his life to painting. He is best known for his paintings, sculptures, ceramics that are influenced by the seaside views of Barcelona as well as the Surrealist, Cubism and the Fauvist art movements. Works by Joan Miro can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art and many others internationally.
Additional Information
Like the name suggests, Femme pour XXe Siècle was created by Miro for the fourth edition of the Parisian art journal XXe Siècle (The 20thCentury Review) in 1938. Miro’s works would come to be featured in eight more publications of the journal until its final publication in 1978.
Work included in 'School of Paris' exhibition, 2019.
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
tape residue