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Artists›Joan Miró

Joan Miró

1893–1983

WA-00014843

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

626

Works in Collection

1186

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ152384

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joan-miro
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joan-miro
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4016
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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No biography available for Joan Miró yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (626)

Birds of Montroig V (Ocells de Montroig V)

1982 · Etching

plate: 23 9/16 x 19 5/8" (59.9 x 49.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 29 15/16 x 22 5/8" (76 x 57.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 76) from Almario

1982 · Drypoint and aquatint from an illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

plate: 9 5/16 × 7 1/16" (23.7 × 17.9 cm); page (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 10 7/16" (32.8 × 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 72) from Almario

1982 · Etching from an illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

plate: 6 5/8 × 5 7/8" (16.8 × 14.9 cm); page (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 10 1/16" (32.8 × 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Almario

1982 · Illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

page (each approx.): 12 15/16 × 10 3/16" (32.8 × 25.8 cm); overall (closed): 13 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 2 1/4" (33.7 × 27 × 5.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 22) from Almario

1982 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

plate: 6 9/16 × 5 13/16" (16.7 × 14.8 cm); page (irreg.): 12 13/16 × 9 7/8" (32.6 × 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 34) from Almario

1982 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

plate: 6 5/8 × 5 7/8" (16.8 × 14.9 cm); page (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 10 3/16" (32.7 × 25.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from Almario

1982 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints (one with aquatint) and one etching

plate: 3 7/8 × 3 1/8" (9.9 × 8 cm); page (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 10 1/4" (32.9 × 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lapidari

1981 · Book with 12 color etchings and aquatints and 12 etchings in black on white wove paper

sheet: 35.5 × 49.5 cm (14 × 19 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little Stringbean

1978 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image, max: 18.5 × 23.5 cm (7 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 34.5 cm (14 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

42, Rue Blomet

1977 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image, max: 77.6 × 59.2 cm (30 9/16 × 23 5/16 in.); Sheet: 90 × 62.8 cm (35 7/16 × 24 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from the series Les Orfèvres

1977 · Engraved monoprint, with hand coloring

composition (irreg.): 32 7/8 × 22 7/16" (83.5 × 57 cm); sheet: 35 3/4 × 24 7/8" (90.8 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Conductor

1976 · Intaglio print on paper

image: 1143 x 743 mm

Tate

Pienture=Poésie

1976 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

60.8 × 90 cm (23 15/16 × 35 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Homage to Helion

1976 · Lithograph on white wove paper

75.8 × 56 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Eye Attracts Diamonds

1974 · Umbrella, partially painted wood, wire, paper, and plastic and cloth flowers

71 3/4 × 47 1/4 × 24 3/4" (182.2 × 120 × 62.9 cm) excluding umbrella

Museum of Modern Art

Wrapper front from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm); page: 17 3/8 × 12 3/4" (44.2 × 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate VIII (folios 31 and 34 verso) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition (irreg.): 15 1/2 × 22 1/16" (39.3 × 56.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 23 1/16" (42.3 × 58.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate XIV (folios 55 and 58 verso) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition (irreg.): 15 13/16 × 21 3/4" (40.2 × 55.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 3/4 × 23 1/8" (42.5 × 58.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate I (folios 4 verso and 5) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition and sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 × 22 7/8" (42 × 58.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

cage (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 23 1/16" (42.3 × 58.5 cm); overall (closed): 17 3/8 × 12 3/4 × 1 3/8" (44.2 × 32.4 × 3.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate XII (folios 47 and 50 verso) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition (irreg.): 15 9/16 × 22 1/8" (39.5 × 56.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 × 22 13/16" (42 × 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate XIII (folios 52 verso and 53) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition and sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 × 23 1/4" (42.1 × 59 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate IX (folios 36 verso and 37) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition and sheet (irreg.): 16 3/4 × 23 1/4" (42.6 × 59 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate II (folios 7 and 10 verso) from Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier)

1974 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with sixteen etching and aquatints, nine with drypoint (including wrapper front)

composition (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 5/16" (40.9 × 56.7 cm); sheet: 16 5/8 × 23 1/16" (42.2 × 58.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

587 published of 1000 catalogued · 792 with image

MoMA
493 publishedof 882 catalogued688 img
Art Institute Chicago
70 published70 img
Tate
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
+ 1 more source · 24 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

10 entries · 2 sources

Head of a Catalan Peasant
1924 · Tate · 6 prov
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Moonbird
1966 · MoMA · 4 prov
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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Surrealism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Sotheby's Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Market

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