Lunar Bird

Object Details

Artist

Joan Miró, Spanish, b. Barcelona, 1893–1983

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to 7 December 1967

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 7 December 1967-6 March 1972

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History

PIERRE MATISSE GALLERY, New York. "Miró: Oiseau Solaire, Oiseau Lunaire, Etincelles," November 1967, ill. p. 7; pp. 5-15, 36.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 854, p. 563; p. 723.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, fig. 79, color ill. p. 79; p. 186.

Published References

KUH, KATHERINE. "Year-end Notes from a Critic's Diary," Saturday Review 50 (30 December 1967), p. 35.

Reproduction. Pictures on Exhibit (December 1967), cover.

MELLOW, JAMES R. "New York Letter," Art International 12 (January 1968), p. 65, ill.

UNSIGNED. "Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 1968

Annual Report," Smithsonian Year 1968 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1969), p. 220, ill. p. 221.

ASHTON, DORE. "Retrospective/Perspective 1961-1974," Arts Magazine 49 (September 1974), p. 39.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 854, p. 563, p. 723.

JOUFFROY, ALAIN, and JOAN TEIXIDOR. Miró Sculptures rev. ed? (Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1980), no. 56, p. 229.

GOLDSTEIN, ERNEST, et al. Understanding and Creating Art (New York:

Boultinghous & Boultinghous ; Dallas: Garrard Publishing, 1985), fig. 173.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN. Family Guide (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1996), ill.

FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the HIrshhorn Museum (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1998), no. 32, p. 63.

GRISWOLD, WILLIAM M. et al. Pierre Matisse and His Artists (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2001), ill. p. 266.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

(1945 /enlarged and cast1966-1967)

Accession Number

72.204

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

89 3/8 X 88 1/2 X 58 1/4 IN. (207.0 X 204.9 X 147.8 CM.) 1100 lbs

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School

Surrealism (European)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_72.204

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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