Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower

Gallery 267, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

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Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower

1920

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)

Miró painted this work at his home in the Spanish village of Montroig shortly after his first visit to Paris. The complex configuration of forms adopts a Cubist collage technique inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso, whom he had met on this trip. The book on the table, Le Coq et l'arlequin (The Rooster and the Harlequin) by Jean Cocteau, featuring illustrations by Picasso, advertises this new friendship.

Gallery 267, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower

Date:

1920

Artist:

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

32 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (82.6 x 74.9 cm) Framed: 43 3/4 x 41 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (111.1 x 104.5 x 8.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Earle Miller, 1986

Accession Number:

1986-97-1

Geography:

Made in Montroig, Tarragona, Spain, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 267, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

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