A delicately etched composition of simple geometrically derived shapes in a seascape

Paysage Meurtrier

Joan Miró

1938

  • Titles Paysage Meurtrier (Proper)
  • Artist Joan Miró, Spanish, 1893 - 1983
  • Medium softground etching and drypoint
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by David and Natalie Sperling in honor of their friends Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marx, Dr. and Mrs. Emmett O. Templeton, Ms Carole Simpson, Dr. and Mrs. Jimmie Harvey, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Apolinsky, Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Russell, Dr. and Mrs. Jim Lasker, Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chandler, Dr. Walter Little, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dorsky, and Mrs. Robert Loeb, 2012.58
  • Object Name print
  • Classification Prints

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A shallow waterway is surrounded with trees characterized by twisting branches and sparse foliage A figure sits near the center with a halo and holds a cross A lamb sits beside him
A child lays across the bottom of the composition Standing over the child are a young man and older woman They have their fists raised and mouths open
A large windmill sits on the left in hills of grass At the bottom of the composition a small figure walks carrying a pack on his back In the middle ground is a row of houses In the background is a motorway and cityscape
Two sketches in watercolor of female nudes The bottom figure sits with her upper body twisted forward and her left leg bent The top figure oriented upside down reclines facing away from the viewer