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Joan Miró

Bird

1946

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Joan Miró

Bird

1946

Physical Qualities Bronze, 5 in. H (12.7 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number 1951.386
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1951; from Saidie A. May; purchased from Pierre Matisse Gallery, N.Y., 1947
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Saidie A. May Collection of Modern paintings and Sculpture", March 17- April 16, 1950, cat. 125.

Elisabeth Packard, John C. Kirby, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 4000 Years of Modern Art, February 28-April 22, 1953, p. 30, no. 128.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Saidie A. May Collection, September 6-November 22, 1972, p. 81. Carolyn Lanchner, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joan Miro, October 13,1993-January 18, 1994, no. 15, ill. p. 262, p. 435.
The Baltimore Museum of Art News, “Catalogue of the Saidie A. May Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture,” March, 1950, cat. 125, p. 26.

Inscribed: Underside of sculpture: 'Miro 1946'; (stamped) '1/8'. Edition # confirmed 10/8/97 by CC to be '1/8' rather than '7/8'.

Artist

Joan Miró

born Barcelona, Spain 1893; died Palma, Spain 1983

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