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Lunar Bird

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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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.)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Surrealism (European)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Record ID
hmsg_72.204
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2713d89ed-b4d4-468e-8785-eaf0c747974c

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