Updated 03 April 2025
On Display Permanent collection
On Display
Painting
| Date | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 200 x 200.7 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Miró |
| Credit Line | Donated by Yamamura Family |
| Standard ref. | Dupin 928 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1965-0011 |
Miró's works usually feature abstract symbols based on nature. Here, extremely simplified symbols of the sun and stars form the important structural elements of the composition. At the same time, this primitive and slightly awkward expression has a large bright feel that allows the viewer to imagine the expansive heavens. This sense of expansiveness or grandeur is characteristic of Miró's post-war works. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no.120)
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris; Philippe Dotremont, Brussels; Donated by Haru & Tokutaro Yamamura, Nishinomiya.
Exhibition History
- 1954
- XXVII Biennale internazionale d'arte di Venezia, 19 June 1954 - 17 October 1954, no. 555
- 1956
- Joan Miró, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussel, 0 January 1956 - 0 February 1956, cat. no. 65, repr.
- 1962
- Joan Miró, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 0 June 1962 - 0 November 1962, cat. no. 93, repr.
- 1966
- Joan Miró, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 26 August 1966 - 9 October 1966, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 20 October-30 November 1966, cat. no. 75, repr.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 78
- 2018
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] The Galerie Maeght and 20th Century Painters: Featuring Derrière le miroir, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery, 24 February 2018 - 27 May 2018, cat. no. 13
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 75
Bibliography
- 1961
- Dupin, Jacques. Joan Miró. Paris, Flammarion, 1961, p. 422, cat. no. 807, repr.
- 1963
- Lassaigne, Jacques. Miró. [Lausanne]: Skira, 1963, p. 101, col. repr.
- 1967
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 1, 1967, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 42-43, no. P-353. repr.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 45, repr.
- 1972
- Hommage à Joan Miró. XXe siècle. Paris, 1972, (special number), p. 46.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 83, repr.
- 1976
- Di San Lazzaro, G. ed. Homage to Joan Miró. New York, Leon Amiel, 1976, p. 50, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 87, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 186, repr.
- 1993
- Dupin, Jacques. Miró. Paris, Flammarion, 1993, p. 293, no. 314, repr.
- 2001
- Dupin, Jacques; Lelong-Mainaud, Ariane. Joan Miró: catalogue raisonné: paintings. Paris, Daniel Lelong: Successió Miró, 2001, (v. 3. 1942-1955), p. 202, no. 928, col. repr.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 120, col. repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 120, col. repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 122, col. repr.
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 150-151, 260, cat. no. 75, col. repr.