Figures in Front of Nature

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Figures in Front of Nature

1935

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)

During the first several months of 1935, Joan Miró created a group of paintings on cardboard that he later described as a summary, or self-assessment, of his own career up to that point. Person in the Presence of Nature is part of that series. The artist’s macabre treatment of the Spanish landscape in this work might relate to the nation’s mounting political turbulence, which would culminate in civil war (1936–39) and the rise to power of Fascist dictator Francisco Franco.

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Object Details

Title:

Figures in Front of Nature

Date:

1935

Artist:

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)

Medium:

Oil and aqueous medium on cardboard

Dimensions:

29 3/4 x 41 5/8 inches (75.6 x 105.7 cm) Framed: 31 1/2 x 43 5/16

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-134-149

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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