Miro in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

153 Pages·2016·30.72 MB·English

by  Rubin, William, 1927-2006

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Author
Rubin, William, 1927-2006
Date
1973
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art: Distributed
by New York Graphic Society,
Greenwich, Conn.
ISBN
087070463X, 0870704621
Exhibition URL
www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1854
The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition history—
from our founding in 1929 to the present—is
available online. It includes exhibition catalogues,
primary documents, installation views, and an
index of participating artists.
MoMA © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art
MIRO
IN THE COLLECTION OL
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
140p ages, $15.00
64 illustrations (22 in color), 71 reference illustrations
MIRO
IN THE COLLECTION OF
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
William Rubin
This richly illustrated book, published as a tribute to
Miro on his eightieth birthday, presents the most impor
tant and comprehensive public collection of Miro's
work in the world. Each of the paintings, sculptures,
drawings, collages, and objects in the Museum's collec
tion is illustrated and discussed in a scholarly and inci
sive analysis. During the writing of the book the author
had the benefit of repeated meetings with Miro, who
freely expanded on the technique and iconography of
the Museum's works, providing information that per
mits the first thoroughgoing analysis of many of them.
The book is further enriched by reason of a number of
recent gifts to the Museum by Miro himself; among
these are several series of highly revealing, previously
unpublished preliminary drawings for paintings in the
Museum's collection. Incorporating full catalog entries
for all the works and an abundance of reference photo
graphs, this volume is an invaluable tool for the serious
student of twentieth-century art. At the same time, be
cause of the depth and scope of the Museum's collec
tion, the book offers the layman an illuminating over
view of Miro's strong and appealing oeuvre.
William Rubin is Chief Curator of the Painting and
Sculpture Collection at The Museum of Modern Art
and Adjunct Professor at The Institute of Fine Arts,
New York University. The author of a half-dozen
books on twentieth-century art, he has also contributed
to the New York Times, Artforum, Art News, and Art
International (of which he was American editor for a
number of years).

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MIRO
IN THE COLLECTION OL
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

MIRO
IN THE COLLECTION OL
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
including remainder-interest and promised gifts
William Rubin
Distributed by New York Graphic Society Ltd., Greenwich, Connecticut
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Copyright © 1973 by The Museum of Modern Art
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-95078
Cloth Binding isbn 0-87070-463-x
Paperbound isbn 0-87070-462-1
Designed by Carl Laanes
Type set by Finn Typographic Service, Inc.
Printed by Lebanon Valley Offset, Inc.
Bound by Sendor Bindery, Inc.
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10019
Printed in the United States of America
frontispiece : Miro at Pierre Loeb's, Paris, 1935 or 1936
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations 6
Preface 7
Exhibitions of Miro's Work
at The Museum of Modern Art 10
Publications on Miro
Issued by The Museum of Modern Art
Miro in the Collection of
The Museum of Modern Art i 5
Catalog and Notes 107
List of Reference Illustrations i 3 7