Hands flying off toward the constellations explained

Hands flying off toward the constellations
Other Language 1:Catalan
Other Title 1:Mans volant cap a les constel·lacions
Artist:Joan Miró
Year:1974
Height Metric:260.5
Width Metric:681
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Barcelona
Museum:Fundació Joan Miró

Hands flying off toward the constellations is a painting by Joan Miró dated 19 January 1974. It is now shown at the Fundació Joan Miró, in Barcelona. The artist gave the work to the Foundation in the same month that it opened to the public on 10 June 1975.[1]

Background

Rosa Maria Malet says of these works:

As for the technical execution Miró explains himself (as Taillandier reported in 1974)

Exhibitions

The exhibition L'escala de l'evasió that opened in October 2011 was supported by access to Wikipedia using QRpedia codes that allowed access to visitors in Catalan, English and several other languages.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Information about the work the Foundation website . 2011-11-13 . Miró Foundation .
  2. cat. not. 186
  3. cat. no.86.
  4. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mir%C3%B3-L%27escala_de_l%27evasi%C3%B3._Entrada_a_l%27exposici%C3%B3-_QRpedia_codes.jpg?uselang=ca Photo at opening day of the exhibition

Further reading