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Maternity (Maternité)

Maternity (Maternité)

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Joán Miró

Artist
Joán Miró
(Spanish, 1893 - 1983)
Title
Maternity (Maternité)
Date
1969
Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
31 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Accession No.
1992.232
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Spain

Related

Sold by Galerie Maeght (Paris, France) to Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN and Washington, DC); 1987, deposited on long-term loan to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1992, bequeathed to Elvehjem Museum of Art [ now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Pierre Matisse Gallery, "Miró: Sculpture in Bronze and Ceramic 1967-1969, Recent Etchings and Lithographs," New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1970. no. 23
  • David Sylvester, "Miró Bronzes" [exhibition cat. Hayward Gallery]. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972. p. 41
  • Fernandez Miro, Emilio, Joan Miro, and Pilar Ortega Chapel. "Joan Miro: Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonne, 1928-1982." Paris: Daniel Lelong, 2006.
  • Jouffroy, Alain and Joan Teixidor, eds. "Miró Sculpture." New York: Leon Amiel, 1974. no. 130
  • Fineberg, Jonathan. "Modern Art at the Border of Mind and Brain." Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2015. p. 40, no. 26

  • Process of Abstraction: Two-and Three-Dimensional Work by Modernist Sculptors: The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 7/7/2006–8/27/2006
  • Miró Bronzes: Hayward Gallery, London, 2/1/1972–3/12/1972
  • Miró: Sculpture in Bronze and Ceramic 1967-1969, Recent Etchings and Lithographs: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 5/1/1970–5/31/1970

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