Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893-1983
The Kerosene Lamp
INV-5278
Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893-19831924
The Kerosene Lamp
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983 →charcoaldrawings (visual works)
Date
1924
Medium
Charcoal, with red Conté and colored crayons, touches of graphite, and scraping, heightened with white oil paint, on canvas prepared with a glue ground
Dimensions
81 × 100.3 cm (31 15/16 × 39 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation, Helen L. Kellogg Trust, Blum-Kovler Foundation, Major Acquisitions and gifts from Mrs. Henry C. Woods, Members of the Committee on Prints and Drawings, and Friends of the Department
The Spanish artist Joan Miró was one of the leading exponents of Surrealism. His drawing The Kerosene Lamp has often been interpreted as autobiographical—a view of the artist's studio—but the elements of his work are intended to be suggestive rather than specific in meaning.
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