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| Artist: | Miro, Joan (1893 - 1983), After |
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| Title: | Tiens moi, 1949 |
| Medium: | Original Woven Wool Tapestry |
| Image Size: | DIMENSIONS: 48 in x 47 in (121.9 cm x 119.4 cm) |
| Signed: | Printed name of the artist on a tag on the verso: 'Miro ©'. |
| Edition: | From the unnumbered, unsigned edition. |
| Condition: | This work is in good condition with strong coloring. |
| Gallery Price: Item# 3067 | Sorry, this item is sold. Please visit the rest of our Miro fine art collection |
| Historical Description: | |
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| Tiens moi, meaning 'hold me' in French, is a multivalent work. The bold handprints
framing the subject's oblong head seem to make gestures of greeting, panic and
escape all at once. The three eyes with glowing red pupils stare straight ahead,
captivated by an unseen force in front of them.
Miró's ability to evoke multiple emotions and situations through his characteristic pared-down style comes through in this tapestry. One might ask to be held out of fear, loneliness or attraction. What at first glance appears to be an abstracted alien creature becomes more human through this reading of Tiens moi. Miró's amoeba-like subject has more to say about the human condition than one might assume. Created circa 1949, this original woven wool tapestry bears a tag on the verso woven with the text 'Miro ©'. | |
| Style: | Surrealism, 20th Century Modern Surrealist Spanish Master |
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Biography of Joan Miro
Joan Miro (1893 - 1983)
Joan Miró Ferra was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona. At the age of 14, he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja’s Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales y Bellas Artes in the same city. Upon completing three years of art studies, he took a position as a clerk. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Francesc Galí’s Escola d’Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915. Miró received early encouragement from the dealer José Dalmau, who gave him his first solo show at his gallery in Barcelona in 1918. In 1917, he met Francis Picabia.
In 1920, Miró made his first trip to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso. From this time, Miró divided his time between Paris and Montroig, Spain. In Paris, he associated with the poets Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy, and Tristan Tzara and participated in Dada activities. Dalmau organized Miró’s first solo show in Paris, at the Galerie la Licorne in 1921. His work was included in the Salon d’Automne of 1923. In 1924, Miró joined the Surrealist group. His solo show at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, in 1925 was a major Surrealist event; Miró was included in the first Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie Pierre that same year. He visited the Netherlands in 1928 and began a series of paintings inspired by Dutch masters. This year he also executed his first papiers collés and collages. In 1929, he started his experiments in lithography. Miro's first etchings date from 1933. During the early 1930s, he made Surrealist sculptures incorporating painted stones and found objects. In 1936, Miró left Spain because of the civil war; he returned in 1941. Also in 1936, Miró was included in the exhibitions Cubism and Abstract Art and Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The following year, he was commissioned to create a monumental work for the Paris World’s Fair.
Miró’s first major museum retrospective was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1941. That year, Miró began working in ceramics with Josep Lloréns y Artigas and started to concentrate on prints; from 1954 to 1958, he worked almost exclusively in Miro prints and ceramics. He received the Grand Prize for Graphic Work at the Venice Biennale in 1954, and his work was included in the first Documenta exhibition in Kassel the following year. In 1958, he was given a Guggenheim International Award for murals for the UNESCO building in Paris. The following year, he resumed painting, initiating a series of mural-sized canvases. During the 1960s, he began to work intensively in sculpture. Miró retrospectives took place at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, in 1962, and the Grand Palais, Paris, in 1974. He also worked with carborundum around this time. In 1978, the Musée National d’Art Moderne exhibited over 500 works in a major retrospective of Miro original drawings. Joan Miro died December 25, 1983, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Joan Miro prints and unique original works are commonly seen in museums and art galleries in USA and Europe.
Joan Miró created a large wool and hemp tapestry titled "The World Trade Center Tapestry" that adorned the lobby of 2 World Trade Center. It was destroyed by the collapse of the tower on September 11, 2001. ¹
Historical Joan Miró exhibitions
¹ Lives and Treasures Taken. Library of Congress.
