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Joan Miró
Animated Forms1935

Not on view
Vertical abstract painting with flat geometric and organic shapes in red, black, yellow, green, and blue on a cream-white ground, including a tall red rectangle, scattered circles, and loose black line drawings
Abstract composition on a cream background featuring a vertical red bar at left, a large black oval, a white biomorphic shape with yellow fill, a row of multicolored circles, and a solid black disc upper right, connected by thin black lines.
Artist or Maker
Joan Miró
Spain, 1893-1983
Title
Animated Forms
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
1935
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70 × 78 in. (177.8 cm x 198.12)
Credit Line
David E. Bright Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.25.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1893-1983). [Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York]; sold in 1964 to David E. Bright (1908-1965), Los Angeles; bequeathed in 1967 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Dupin, Jacques, and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud. Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings. Paris and Palma de Mallorca: Daniel Lelong and Succesió Miró, 2000.