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Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893-1983
The Sun Eater, 1955
lithograph
Edition: 11/50
sheet: 29 5/8 x 22 inches (75.25 x 55.88 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Bunshaft, 1976
P1976:12
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From 1948 through 1955, the sun makes frequent appearances as a theme in Joan Miró’s “Poem-Titles”; the titles of other members of this body of work include The Red Sun Gnaws at the Spider, 1948; Sunbursts Wound the Late Star, 1951; The Sun Hugs the Man in Love, 1952; and The Setting Sun Caresses Us in the Moonlight, 1952. In The Sun Eater, man finally reaches the sun and makes it his own. Despite being confined within the belly of the figure, the sun is central to this composition, much as it is in Day.
Label from Artists in Depth: Arp, Miró, Calder, March 25, 2011–April 15, 2012
Other Works by This Artist
Dwelling Places of Sleep
,Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,- Le Jour (Day) ,
- Femme assise (Seated Woman) ,
- Head in the Night ,
- Carnaval d'Arlequin (Carnival of Harlequin) ,
Untitled from the portfolio Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,Untitled from the portfolio Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,Untitled from the portfolio Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,Untitled from the portfolio Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,Untitled from the portfolio Gravures pour une exposition (Engravings for an Exposition)
,Exposition á la Galerie Matarasso
,- Figure and Bird ,
The Awakening of the Giant
,- Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit (Woman and Birds in the Night) ,
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