Joán Miró

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Modern Art, New York

Exh. Cat., Barcelona, Fundició Joan Miró, Pintura, escultura i sobreteixims de Miró a la Fundició, 1975, no. 279, p. 130
Exh. Cat., Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones del Centro de Servicios de la Caja de Pensiones "la Caixa", Miró escultor, 1980, no. 33, illustration of another cast
Alain Jouffroy & Joan Teixidor, Miró Sculptures, Paris, 1980, no. 249, p. 243
Exh. Cat., Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Miró en las colecciones del Estado, 1987, no. 83, p. 98, illustration of another cast
Fundació Joan Miró, Obra de Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1988, no. 1649, p. 449
Exh. Cat., Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Miró: Gemälde, Plastiken, Zeichnungen und Graphik, 1988, no. 83, p. 114, color illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Palma de Mallorca, Llonja, Escultures de Miró, 1990-1991, no. 21, pp. 134 and 135, color illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kazama, Kazama Nichido Museum; Kyoto, Daimaru Museum; Tokyo, Daimaru Museum; Fukuoka, Fukuoka Tenjin Daimaru, The Art of Joan Miró from Mallorca, 1991, no. 88, pp. 89 and 108, color illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Palma de Mallorca, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Lluna Miró: un segle, 1993, pp. 34 and 35, color illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Malmö, Malmö Konsthall, Joan Miró: Skulpturer, 1993-1994, pp. 194 and 195, color illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Joan Miró: Métamorphoses des formes, 2001, no. 150, pp. 134 and 230, color illustration of another cast
Emilio Fernández Miró & Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró. Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 294, p. 281, illustration of another cast

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The majority of Miró's late sculptures are assemblages of found objects that the artist cast in bronze. This work illustrates the Catalan artist's capacity to eschew convention and create a truly unique composition out of individually mundane objects. The rake, a familiar item, is cleverly transofrmed into the figure's hair. The touch of the artist's hand lingers in the incised details and the recognizable nature of the component parts instills the work with seldom visible vestiges of the creative process.  As a result, Personnage (Tête et oiseau) is more than merely a final product of artistic vision; it is imbued with a character belonging to the realm somewhere between conception and execution.  Like much of the artist's work, the composition departs from representation and reality in an attempt to stimulate the imagination.