La Figure rouge

by Joan Miró

Artist Joan Miró (Spanien, 1893 - 1983)

Alternate Title

The Red Creature
Den röda figuren

Date1927

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 112 × 144 cm Ram: 127,5 × 159,5 × 8 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 1967 (The Museum of Our Wishes)

Countries

Spain

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:1

Object NumberNM 6079

CollectionsThe Museum of Our Wishes

About the artwork1927 was a year of great productivity and change for Miró. When the year began, his paintings were colorful, but by the end he was often painting directly on an unprimed canvas. References to people, objects, and space became increasingly concise—a dot here and a line there were enough. He also found a new way to use simple means to link the elements of the picture together that relied on the observer’s ability to perceive the relationships between objects in space without the help of clues from the artist. Against the bold red color of The Red Figure we see a creature with human facial features. The painting’s unexpected and startling character apparently appealed to André Breton, who owned it for many years.
Selected exhibition history Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2020 - Apropå Baldessari (2020) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Mästerverken åter. Verk av spanska konstnärer ur Samling S. runt den återbördade Picassos Källan. (1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Supersurrealismen (den 29 september 2012 - den 27 januari 2013) Moderna Museet Malmö Joan Miró: skapare av nya världar (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues The Masterpieces are back! : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [May 6th - August 27th 1995]Joan Miró : skapare av nya världar : creator of new worlds : [Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen 16/5 - 30/8 1998]Mästerverken åter! Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [6 maj - 27 augusti 1995]

Works by the artist