Head

Joan Miró, a leading exponent of Surrealism, first discovered modern art in Barcelona. Late in his career, Miró purposely disregarded keeping his painting “clean”; his blatant carelessness with his working materials rendered the new effects he was trying out, which included burns, drips, smears and uneven applications of paint. The black background, crescent moon and fish-shaped head signal his painterly appeal to the imagination. In its extreme simplicity of form and technique, this canvas is a fine example of the artist’s creative vigour in the twilight of his days.