Woman and Little Girl in Front of the Sun
Date
1946
Artist
Joan Miró, Spanish, b. Barcelona, 1893–1983
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Matisse Gallery, Pierre, New York 1968
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection," 26 July 2006-23 September 2007, no cat.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape," 29 April-29 July 2012.
Published References
BERGER, ARTHUR ASA. Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual Communication (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1989), ill. p. 10 (fig. 0.17)
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. C, p. 91.
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School
Surrealism (European)
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.203
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas lined to linen
Dimensions
57 1/2 X 45 IN. (145.8 X 114.1 CM.)