Ciphers and Constellations, in Love with a Woman explained

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Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman
Artist:Joan Miró
Year:1941
Type:watercolor and gouache with pencil
Height Metric:46
Width Metric:38
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum:Art Institute of Chicago

Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman (Catalan; Valencian: Xifrats i constellacions, en l'amor amb una dona) is a painting by Joan Miró created in 1941. The medium is gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper, and the work's dimensions are 46x. It is in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.[1] It is one of the 23 pieces in Miró's Constellations series.[2]

The painting inspired a poem of the same title by Ruth Moon Kempher.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/79593 Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Book: Satie - 3 Gymnopedies and 3 Gnossiennes
  3. Kempher, Ruth Moon (2006). A Book of Designs and Hours. Pudding House Publications.