Women, Birds, and a Star
In August 1939, one month before the outbreak of World War II, Miró moved with his wife to Varengeville in Normandy, France. During the Nazi occupation, Miró created a series of gouaches, the Constellations, on which this painting is based. André Breton described Miró's faces, stars, wings, lines, and crescents as "outside the world and outside time, too."
Artwork Details
- Title: Women, Birds, and a Star
- Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, Barcelona 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca)
- Date: 1949
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 36 1/2 × 29 1/8 in. (92.7 × 74 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
- Object Number: 1999.363.55
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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